How the brain develops, grows, and learns throughout our lives A two-minute animated introduction to brain development by Nora Maria Raschle / March 28, 2018
Auditioning for the brain New research shows: As we’re learning, brain cells are “auditioned” and either hired or dismissed, based on their performance by Elisabeth Wenger / November 14, 2017
“Nothing is more frustrating for the brain than unattainable goals” Brain researcher Martin Korte explains how stress, nutrition and exercise affect a child’s brain and ability to learn Interview by Susanne Osadnik / September 22, 2017
Why you can’t remember your life as a baby Experiments suggest that we rapidly forget our earliest memories because the brain is still growing during early childhood by Paul Frankland / September 8, 2017
Early institutional care and the developing brain Neuroscientist Nim Tottenham talks about the developmental impact of institutional caregiving on children Interview by Meeri Kim / September 1, 2017
Identifying the best learning strategy for each individual child Understanding the varieties of memory functioning will be helpful in developing individualized learning strategies Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 30, 2017
The mechanics of influence Social neuroscientist Emily Falk uses individual brain responses to predict whether health messaging lands successfully or not Interview by Meeri Kim / July 28, 2017
Increased exploratory behavior in adolescents: risky, yet also beneficial Brain changes during the transition from childhood to adolescence provide opportunities for learning, says Wouter van den Bos Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 11, 2017
Almost one in four children experiences developmental or health struggles Nora Raschle talks about the critical time window in children’s and adolescents’ brain development when developmental disorders manifest Interview by Sabine Gysi / July 4, 2017
Can cognitive training really make us smarter? We need to learn more about the individual characteristics predictive of training effectiveness to promote individualized interventions by Sabrina Guye / July 3, 2017
To fear or not to fear: It may depend on how old you are Recent findings suggest that development of fear-circuitry is a non-linear process by Siobhan Pattwell / May 31, 2017
