In Defense of Working Memory Training
April 15th, 2013 |
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One minute we’re being told that brain training makes you smarter, and the next minute we’re told it’s all bogus. Confused? I don’t blame you. The research literature on brain training is confusing and even sometimes contradictory. This is the way of science. I believe, however, that there is hope in making sense of things if the field and the [...]
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Are some ADHD-labeled kids just young for their grade?
August 17th, 2010 |
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A child that is easily distracted, fidgety and interruptive in school might not have a clinical case of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but might rather just be acting his or her age, posit researchers behind two new studies of diagnosis trends. Kids whose birthdays fall around school enrollment cutoff dates can find themselves as either [...]
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How to Make Kids Smarter—and Ease Existential Terror
April 17th, 2013 |
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A few months ago, I logged on to Lumosity.com to play my daily dose of brain games. The company had given me a free, temporary account so that I could try out their system as part of my research for an article I was writing on brain training. My then 11-year-old son wanted to play, [...]
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Scientists Scan Children’s Brains for Answers to Mental Illness
September 11th, 2012 |
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In a room tucked next to the reception desk in a colorful lobby of a Park Avenue office tower, kids slide into the core of a white cylinder and practice something kids typically find quite difficult: staying still. Inside the tunnel, a child lies on her back and looks up at a television screen, watching [...]
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