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Assistive Tech > Apps
ADHD Apps That Help Kids Focus: What Works and What Doesn't
...context before buying a fourth. An app that offers "attention training exercises" is a different product than one built on behavior modification or organizational...multitasking environment to specifically target the attention networks in the brain, and the clinical evidence behind it is more rigorous than what supports...
Education > Tutoring
Memory and Learning
...memory? How about stress? Exercise? These questions and more...After all, the brain is the organ of learning,...to understand how the brain is designed for learning,...and what happens in the brain when learning occurs?...if not changes in our brains as a result of our experiences?...somewhere, somehow, in our brains. It only makes sense to...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Unlocking Your Child’s Potential with Neurofeedback
...specific needs? Since the brain manages a child's ability...is to be effective, the brain must be positively impacted....Neurofeedback, a form of brain “exercise,” is a process...Neurofeedback, a form of brain “exercise,” is a process that speaks...speaks directly to the brain. The primary canvas is...navigating a space ship, his brain is getting a workout and...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
The Puzzle of Autism
...primarily a problem of right-brain development, which results...suggesting that direct brain training may be of greater...the child for better "brain behavior." This is a straightforward...conditioning technique, a kind of exercise for the brain. The brain...kind of exercise for the brain. The brain is challenged...exercise for the brain. The brain is challenged from moment...
Therapies > Music
Music & Special Needs: Cooper Plays the Piano
...with small motor skills, able at first to only differentiate and move his thumb and index fingers independently. Today Cooper warms up with wrist exercises, finger naming and wiggling, and playing favorite songs on the piano. He loves experimenting and exploring new sounds on the digital piano. In the...
Education > Early Intervention
5 Unexpected Ways to Jump Start Your Child
...processing activities and exercises that incorporate a...products that improve brain functions, states that...senses by using full brain processing. Activities...balance also refine the brain's temporal processes....the body, with the brain having the highest...concentration of fat. Brain synapses require long...is the part of the brain used for sustained...
Research > Brain Science
A Study of Cognitive Skills and the Brain
...identified. Afterwards, a regime of cognitive exercises designed to strengthen identified deficits is...identified deficits is provided. Similar to athletic exercise, the success of cognitive skills training programs...this study will also investigate if changes in brain structure and function can be seen following cognitive...
Therapies > Occupational
Interactive Metronome Therapy
...learned in psychology courses about the brain's "internal clock," and it is this...result of problems that occur within the brain. Some researchers believe these problems...researchers believe these problems in the brain also impact the brain's internal clock...problems in the brain also impact the brain's internal clock and timing, and IM...
Research > Drug Development
Fragile X Drug Trials: The First Real Breakthroughs and What They Mean for Families
...Earlier Trials Failed. The mGluR5 hypothesis made sense on paper. Fragile X syndrome results from a missing protein (FMRP), and without that protein, a brain receptor called mGluR5 becomes overactive. Block the receptor, restore balance. It worked beautifully in mouse models. Three major pharmaceutical companies...
Research > Brain Science
Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...thing across all of them. Can a brain damaged by oxygen deprivation...birth rewire the same way a brain does after a stroke at age four?...Everyone. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize itself...damaged or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit neighboring regions...Cortical remapping. When a brain region is damaged, nearby areas...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
...the assumption that a brain working harder to recruit...cerebral palsy who had higher brain connectivity had worse...functional MRI to map brain connectivity in children...active pathways across more brain regions, scored lower on...connectivity did better. What the brain was doing, it turned out,...cortex to the muscles, the brain recruits other regions...
Research > Assistive Tech
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
If you've searched for brain-computer interfaces for...might qualify for. What Brain-Computer Interfaces Are....brain-Computer Interfaces Are. A brain-computer interface measures...brain-computer interface measures brain activity and translates...that rest on or near the brain without penetrating tissue...picks up the associated brain signal, decodes it, and...