Childhood Development...
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Brain Gym
Is it a simple program that brings about rapid and dramatic improvements in learning abilities or a vast empire of pseudoscience that involves lying to children?...
Gifted Children
At age three Mozart began to play the harpsichord. At five he was composing his own music and at six he began touring Europe, performing for royalty and causing a...
Growing up Bilingual
The German philosopher Goethe said that The person who knows only one language does not truly know that language. In today's era of globalisation the ability to...
How Teachers Can Improve Brain Skills
Teachers play one of the largest roles when it comes to developing the brain skills of children today. Their responsibility to nurture the growth...
Is Intelligence Inherited
The term g is used by researchers to describe General intelligence. It represents a measure of overall cognitive ability across a diverse variety of tests. It's not...
Is Language a Purely Human Trait?
Although other animals can communicate, sometimes even at quite a sophisticated level, humans are the only species that actually speak. Every normal human child...
Literacy and Your Brain
Literacy might seem like an obvious part of improving brain skills because it opens the door for enhanced kinds of learning in other areas of life. But there is a...
Methamphetamine and Brain Function
The effects of methamphetamine on the body are well documented but questions still remain around the precise mechanism by which it affects brain skills. Also of...
Mother's Milk Gives Kids a Higher IQ
We have all heard that a mother's milk is best because it is a wonderful, nutritional food that gives babies what they need during those important early months and...
Motor Skills
Can you touch your nose with your right index finger? Unless you've been drinking lots of alcohol or have damage to the cerebellum in your brain you shouldn't have a...
Myths and Facts About Early Brain Development
Babies' brains are big business. Advances in basic neuroscience have led to increased understanding of how our brains grow and develop. Yet...
Optimise Your Child's Cognitive Development
Just sixteen days after an embryo is conceived, a structure called the neural plate begins to form. A few days later this develops into the neural...
Parental Mistakes in Training Kids
Even though your intentions may always be the best, you might be surprised to learn that there are number of mistakes parents make when training their kids to be...
Pregnancy: Tips for a Brainy Child
Many people think that we can only start teaching a child brain skills after birth – particularly during the toddler years and onward. But actually, pregnancy is a...
Social Skills
Despite claims made by Simon and Garfunkel, no man is an island. All human beings need to be liked and accepted by others. We're sociable animals, so our social...
Top Ten Ways to Raise Smarter Kids
We all want to do the best we can for our kids, which includes making sure that they have the right skills and tools to reach their intelligence potential. But how...
