Posts Tagged ‘newness’
Marian Diamond on the brain
Quotes from a great article, Professor, 81, proves brain stays young: — In 1960, Diamond became the first female faculty member in Cal’s science department, achieving full professorship in 1974. She still teaches anatomy with her 81st birthday two weeks away. — Diamond, a professor of anatomy at UC Berkeley, determined that the brain can stay…
Read MoreStudent Achievement Gap, Stress, and Self-Regulation
Jonah Lehrer dissects and builds on a New York Times article on the education Achievement gap. Quotes from Jonah’s post: “most of the research suggests that the “achievement gap” has real neurological roots, which are caused by distinct home environments: Hart and Risley showed that language exposure in early childhood correlated strongly with I.Q. and academic…
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