Brain Research

When I first saw the book How to Cut Your School Budget AND Improve Your Program-Brain Research Can Help by Karen D. Olsen, I was incredulous.

Research has proven that a child's early experiences play a major role in their ability to learn. Understanding how the brain works allows educators to tap into the natural learning potential of their students.

This article describes how brain research has impacted education methods, with a focus on implementation using technology.

A haiku about the mind.

Explanation of how students' prior experiences, interests, and thought processes can influence the learning of current content area concepts.

A poem from the point of view of someone trying to figure out their life.

After a stroke, there is a critical time period during which treatment is effective, or most effective.

We move through life in many ways. See how.

The brain is the most complicated organ in the human body and is responsible for the regulation of physical and mental health functions. Different parts of the brain are responsible for different biological or mental processes.

If you have been diagnosed with generalized brain atrophy, here is what you need to know about the condition and how it can be slowed during your aging process.

This article examines new evidence suggesting that obesity is not just a question of resisting food temptation; there may be brain chemistry involved.

As a person ages, their brain shrinks in volume and becomes lighter in weight - and your heart could play a role. Find out what a new study shows about heart function and aging brain changes.

A look at the scientific debate on whether brain size matters when it comes to intelligence.

Science has determined what we already knew. Men and women think differently.

There's no secret that there is a big difference between men and women. Now researchers may have the answers as to why.

Shows the different types of learning that takes place in the brain and how teachers and parents can maximize their child's learning.

10 Steps that you can take in order to prepare and maintain a healthy brain that will last well into your years.

Scientific medical research is discussed. Psychiatric drugs are also discussed. It is concluded that the current drugs are inadequate.

These are my thoughts on the differences of the mind and the brain, and how it relates to society.

Efflux of talent to other countries is a serious problem with some countries that have considerable skilled personnel but fewer opportunities .The available opportunities are cornered mostly by vested interests who are flourishing.

This research compares traditional teaching methods and their effects on learning to the newer techniques that involve brain based learning which focuses on each individual and their physiological and psychological makeup and how that affects learning.

Researchers proved that money is indeed a great motivator, but not the only one. Especially men seem to measure their self-worth not only by the total of their income but also by how their income compares to that of their colleagues.

Movies like 'Total Recall', 'Vanilla Sky' and of course 'The Matrix' have already posed that question. Could one really know the difference between being and being a brain in vat?

Research from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine holds out hope for earlier treatment and better medications for children with autism.

According to recent research at the Grand Valley State University and the Anthropological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, overall brain size actually determines intelligence.

How does the brain develop and learn? Are all brains organized exact same way, the way each hand has five fingers? Does culture affect organization? Evidence that nature and nurture plays a part in our brain's behavior.

All along, scientists thought that intelligence was psychology-based. They thought that people learn based upon how much effort an individual put forth to learn. Newer research suggests that pure biology and anatomy dictate how well we learn and think.

This quick and dirty breakdown will provide basic information on methods used to create powerful, accelerated learning.