Posts Tagged ‘Robert-Sylwester’
Cognitive Development in the first 20 years: A Child’s and Teenager’s Brain
Child’s Brain needs to be nurtured in a proper manner. Here is an interesting book on how to develop children so that they become confident and smart.
Read MoreUpdate: Does Cognitive Training Work?
Here you have the February edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page. Cognitive training (or structured mental exercise) definitely seems to work — as long as we define…
Read MoreA Love affair Across Generations: A Lamarckian Reincarnation?
Eric Jensen alerted me to a research study published in the February 4th Journal of Neuroscience — Transgenerational Rescue of a Genetic Defect in Long-Term Potentiation and Memory Formation by Juvenile Enrichment. We both had the same initial WOW! feeling that we had experienced when we first read about the discovery of mirror neurons a…
Read MoreLearning & the Brain: Resources for Educators
As promised in my previous post (10 Brain Training Tips To Teach and Learn), here are some of the resources that inform my understanding of the brain: books, conferences, and websites. BOOKS There are a multitude of books about the brain. For educators, the best of these are books that demystify the language of neuroscience…
Read MoreBrain Research Interview Series
We are working on improving several sections of our website, especially our Resources section. It will look much better in a few days. Our first step has been to re-organize our Neuroscience Interview Series, and below you have how it looks today. During the last 18 months I have had the fortune to interview over 15…
Read MoreLearning & The Brain: Interview with Robert Sylwester
Dr. Robert Sylwester is an educator of educators, having received multiple awards during his long career as a master communicator of the implications of brain science research for education and learning. He is the author of several books and many journal articles, and member of our Scientific Advisory Board. His most recent book is The…
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