Do older children influence their siblings’ willingness to take risks? New research on adolescent risk-taking sheds light on the influence of sibling relationships by Juanita Bawagan / January 28, 2021
Brain training: An attractive idea, but not as easy as it seems Brain training games usually train skills that are specific to the game itself. Watch our latest video! by Pia Viviani and Dietsje Jolles / August 18, 2020
A nuanced look into the future with Daphne Bavelier and Amy Ogan Public event at KOSMOS, Zurich – watch the video recording now by Sabine Gysi / January 27, 2020
Are adolescents more creative than adults? Adolescents' ideas tend to be more original, adults' more feasible. Thinking creatively together is key to solving today's challenges by Claire Stevenson / January 13, 2020
“These players develop excellent sustained attention and focus” Regular players of action video games show an improvement in certain cognitive abilities, Daphne Bavelier finds Interview by Helena Pozniak / November 22, 2019
Exams may damage teenagers’ mental health and restrict their potential Research suggests stress of exams at such a critical time in teens' social, emotional, and cognitive development may be detrimental by Kathryn Bates / August 22, 2019
The bright and dark sides of knowledge The acquisition of knowledge is only one of many goals in education by Yee Lee Shing / May 8, 2019
“Nutrition affects a child’s brain development and brain plasticity” How does diet affect the development of a child? Martina Frank explains why it is important to raise children’s awareness of healthy food Interview by Zoe Bozzolan-Kenworthy / March 25, 2019
The fluctuation of IQ What do individual changes in IQ mean for education? by Annie Brookman-Byrne / February 13, 2019
Bilingual at school Advantage or disadvantage for learning? by Annie Brookman-Byrne / January 21, 2019
Predicting academic outcomes: neuroimaging provides novel insights There’s a lot of interest in identifying the best early predictors of how a child is going to do in school later on Interview by Meeri Kim / November 9, 2018
“Our brain is trying to be plastic most of the time” Takao Hensch looks at the biological basis of brain plasticity and explains how his findings might be of practical benefit to individuals Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 29, 2018
