Education

Minding Your Baby’s Mind: Raising A Smart and Happy Child

April 25, 2019

Every time molecular biologist John Medina taught parents about their babies’ brains, he noticed something interesting: They didn’t seem to care. “Even though I was talking about cells and molecules, I would get the same five questions every time,” Medina says, listing them

How Our GxE (Gene-Environment Interaction) Makes Us Who We Are

April 23, 2019

Is there a gene that leads you down the path to debilitating depression only after the fourth hard knock comes along in your life? Is there another gene conferring a higher vulnerability for schizophrenia that gets triggered only if you become the victim of vicious bullying before

How Neuroscience is Impacting Disaster Management Strategy

April 18, 2019

Life-threatening situations, like the ones created by natural calamities, can test even the bravest among us. How fear impacts the brain has emerged as an important area of study for neuroscientists and psychologists. When the brain detects imminent danger, it responds in a fairly standard manner. “Generally, the brain

How Art Changes Your Brain

April 15, 2019

We begin with the question: Why would someone pay $135 million for a painting? Prior to 2006, no one had, until Ronald Lauder came along. Mr. Lauder, an American philanthropist, businessman, and art collector purchased “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” a 1907 painting by Gustav Klimt.

Matters of Millennial Mental Health

April 14, 2019

Generation Y (a group also known as “millennials”) and Generation X will someday inherit the future. However, they may not be as prepared for this task as past generations. In addition to increasing rates of physical health problems, such as obesity and its related diseases, mental health among teenagers and 20-somethings

Making the World a Better Place: Poverty Eradication and Mental Well-Being

April 13, 2019

It is difficult for all of humanity to flourish at its fullest potential when millions struggle to survive every day. When poverty is such a widespread issue, it seems like we must first look toward its eradication before we can solve any other global problems. Poverty is a societal matter, and so as a society

Taking Notice of The Teenage Brain

April 12, 2019

The foregoing is an excerpt from Frances Jensen’s book, “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults.” So what did Jensen find out about that murky and mysterious organ, the adolescent brain? More than anything, she discovered that teenagers

Using Applied Behavior Analysis to Treat Autism

April 10, 2019

The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) was established in 1990. Today, the organization incorporates 26 treatment facilities around the globe that employ some 1,500 individuals for the study and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although initially founded to rehabilitate children

Arts and Music Education for Everyone: Its Manifold Benefits

April 10, 2019

Say your child has been having problems in reading and math. Should you hire a private tutor, or enroll your son or daughter in a music class? According to the results of a three-year study called “Learning, Arts, and the Brain,” the surprising answer may be: both.

The Bullied Mind

April 6, 2019

Bullying by elementary and high school students has been around for as long as anyone can remember. However, the modern form of bullying, using texting, email, and social media is much more recent. The use of technology for bullying, known as cyberbullying, has made bullying far more widespread and vicious

Neurotoxins and the Developing Brain

March 31, 2019

We have long known that there is a critical period during a child’s development during which the brain is considerably more malleable than an adult’s brain. In other words, outside influences — both positive and negative — have a much greater impact on neuronal formation and function from gestation to

Know Your Brain: How Trauma Affects Memory

March 30, 2019

Why are we just hearing about this now? The question is all too familiar when it comes to dealing with sexual misconduct. Those who say it still think it’s an important point, that those who suffered should have come forward when the abuse happened — as if there is a right time for accusations like the ones made publicly

Making A Difference: An Interview with Dr. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam

March 28, 2019

Recognized in 2013 as one of Norway’s 10 brightest minds is the neuroscientist and human rights defender Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam. Fleeing Iran in 1985, at the age of 14, with his family, the experience of coming to Norway as a refugee has shaped a great deal of Amiry-Moghaddam’s work. In addition to co-founding

Has Standardized Testing Run Its Course?

March 24, 2019

The human brain is the most multifaceted biological puzzle in the known universe; consequently, it is enormously difficult to simultaneously assess the knowledge, skills, and content understanding of large quantities of individuals with standardized testing alone. Regardless, for the past decade and a half

From A to B: How Our Brains Navigate The Subway

March 22, 2019

To most New Yorkers, navigating the subway might be second nature, in a city where 4.3 million people are transported through its tunnels, daily — but it took me some time to learn the difference between uptown and downtown, let alone to figure out how to make it past the turnstile. How do we turn ourselves into

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