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Most children in elementary school begin learning about the body and how it works; however, research reveals that parents and teachers tend to leave out information about the brain. In fact, one study ...

Sugar hides in plain sight, tucked into cereals, snacks, and drinks that kids love. While it sweetens moments, its impact on young brains runs deep, quietly reshaping how children think, feel, and ...

Daniel Willingham is a cognitive scientist, by which I mean, he is an academic researcher who extracts information from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and ...

Tip Top Brain Tutoring Center is marking its 10-year anniversary by expanding to a second location in Sunnyside, where it ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive ...

Kids get distracted due to undeveloped working memory, not curiosity - explaining how they learn differently from adults.

Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and parent adolescent children. The past few years have seen advancements in our ...

Looking for a way to keep your kids engaged and gadget-free? These 50+ simple and funny riddles are just right for igniting ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities When Amy Richter was a little girl, her father often traveled for work. He often came home bearing gifts of ...