Posts Tagged ‘self-control’
Childrens’ Self Control and Creativity: Two Seeds of Intelligence
Most parents want the best for their children and hope they will be healthy, happy and smart individuals. And most parents wonder what they should do to make sure this happens. In Brain Rules for Baby, John Medina (author of Brain Rules), provides a good summary of cognitive science findings that shed light on how…
Read MoreWhat to Do and Not to Do to Boost Self-Control
More and more research suggests that our brains have difficulty differentiating between observing an action and actually participating in it. Empathy, for example, seems to hinge in part on our ability to “take on” another’s emotions through vicarious experience. I always think of this when watching a comedian fall flat. I can feel the embarrassment…
Read MoreDeveloping self-regulation at school
Excellent article in the New York Times on learning, self-regulation and executive fuunctions: The School Issue: Preschool: Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control? (New York Times) — “Over the last few years, a new buzz phrase has emerged among scholars and scientists who study early-childhood development, a phrase that sounds more as if it…
Read MoreCan You Outsmart Your Genes? An Interview with Author Richard Nisbett
While the debate over intelligence rages on many fronts, the battle over the importance of heredity rages loudest. It’s easy to see why. If the camp that argues intelligence is 75 to 85 percent genetically determined is correct, then we’re faced with some tough questions about the role of education. If intelligence is improved very…
Read MorePhilosophy as the Missing Link in Our School’s Curriculum
A reader and writer sent us over the weekend the article below as “an OpEd submission”. We are not a newspaper, and don’t have a formal OpEd section, but are delighted to publish thoughtful, research-based pieces on topics related to lifelong cognitive development and health. Here you are: —- Philosophy as the Missing Link An Eye-Opening…
Read MoreSelf-Regulation and Barkley’s Theory of ADHD
Barkley’s theory has been widely recognized as a significant advance in our thinking about ADHD that helps to organize a vast body of literature and clinical observations about the disorder.
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