Neuro Clips March 15, 2014

February 2014

News Clips:

Brain Trauma Extends to the Soccer Field

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/sports/soccer/researchers-find-brain-trauma-disease-in-a-soccer-player.html?ref=soccer

Brain Food

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/Brain_Food.html

How Yoga Changes the Brain

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-yoga-changes-the-brain/

The Neuroscience of Imagination

http://www.fastcompany.com/3026510/dialed/the-neuroscience-of-imagination

The Science Behind 'Brain Training'

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/the-science-behind-brain-training/283634/

Myths about how the brain works have no place in the classroom

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/jan/07/myths-brain-education-teaching

March 1-14, 2014

News Clips:

How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/how-fat-may-harm-the-brain-and-how-exercise-may-help/?action=click&contentCollection=Health&region=Footer&module=Recommendation&src=recg&pgtype=Blogs

New guidelines employ a team approach to autism diagnosis, care

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140308095502.htm

How light affects our brain's performance: Photic memory for executive brain responses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140310152023.htm

Do Brain Workouts Work? Science Isn’t Sure

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/do-brain-workouts-work-science-isnt-sure/?ref=science

Six things you need to know about neuroscience to help develop learning

http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/feature/soft-skills/neuroscience-help-develop-learning/186452

Education boosts brain function long after school, study shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140311124314.htm

Gesturing with hands a powerful tool for children's math learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140311124251.htm

Plaques detected in brain scans forecast cognitive impairment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140311100324.htm

What Causes the Brain to Have Slow Processing Speed, and How Can the Rate Be Improved?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-the-brain-to-have-slow-processing-speed-and-how-can-the-rate-be-improved/

Wishing to be another gender: Links to ADHD, autism spectrum disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140312103102.htm

DNA fix for school timetables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140312082400.htm

What happened when? How the brain stores memories by time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140313092723.htm

America’s Healthiest Brain States

http://time.com/20458/top-ten-brain-healthy-states/

Brain Training And The End Of The Prozac Generation

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2014/03/04/brain-training-and-the-end-of-the-prozac-generation-2/

Human brains 'hard-wired' to link what we see with what we do

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140313123139.htm

Patients with schizophrenia have impaired ability to imitate, brain mapping confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140314093555.htm

Mindfulness-based meditation helps teenagers with cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140313212633.htm