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Brain Plasticity

Could playing video games impact learning ability?

8 April 2021
Podcast Play Play

Understanding the adolescent brain

16 March 2021
Podcast Covid-19 Neuroscience

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 21st century skills Education technology
Brain training. Illustration by kurzgesagt.

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

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

Are adolescents more creative than adults?

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

“These players develop excellent sustained attention and focus”

Helena Pozniak / 22 November 2019
Interview Psychology Technology

Exams may damage teenagers’ mental health and restrict their potential

Kathryn Bates / 22 August 2019
Opinion Education systems Mental health
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

The fluctuation of IQ

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 13 February 2019
Article Education systems Equity
Luis Marina, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Bilingual at school

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 21 January 2019
Article Development Language
akshayapatra, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

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