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Brain Plasticity

What happens when students experience the power of their brains?

Tieme Janssen and Nienke van Atteveldt / 21 February 2023
Article Development Neuroscience
An abstract brain rocket breaks through an obstacle.

How the brain changes as children learn to read

Melissa Hogenboom / 6 February 2023
Article Development Language
Books on a table.

Could playing video games impact learning ability?

8 April 2021
Podcast Development Play

Understanding the adolescent brain

16 March 2021
Podcast Development Covid-19

Do older children influence their siblings’ willingness to take risks?

Juanita Bawagan / 28 January 2021
Article Development Psychology
Chris Brignola, unsplash.com

Brain training: An attractive idea, but not as easy as it seems

Pia Viviani and Dietsje Jolles / 18 August 2020
Video Development 21st century skills
Brain training. Illustration by kurzgesagt.

A nuanced look into the future with Daphne Bavelier and Amy Ogan

Sabine Gysi / 27 January 2020
Video Development 21st century skills
Daphne Bavelier and Amy Ogan at KOSMOS, Zurich

Are adolescents more creative than adults?

Claire Stevenson / 13 January 2020
Article Development 21st century skills
TeroVesalainen, pixabay.com, CC0

“These players develop excellent sustained attention and focus”

Helena Pozniak / 22 November 2019
Interview Development Psychology

Exams may damage teenagers’ mental health and restrict their potential

Kathryn Bates / 22 August 2019
Opinion Development Education systems
sweetlouise, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

The bright and dark sides of knowledge

Yee Lee Shing / 8 May 2019
Article Development Psychology
igorovsyannykov, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

“Nutrition affects a child’s brain development and brain plasticity”

Zoe Bozzolan-Kenworthy / 25 March 2019
Interview Development Equity
Samuel John, flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0

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