Biologists at UC San Diego have recently conducted a detailed study of the neurons linking the eyes and the brains of mice hoping to discover how much our perceptions of the outside world are processed in the cortex.
Dyslexia: The Art of Struggle showcases dyslexic individuals and how their struggles have shown who they are and how they have learned to succeed.
DIY.org, a site that helps children gain skills and meet others who share their interests, allows kids to have their own portfolio where they can share what they do as well as earn skill patches for completing sets of challenges.
A recent study from Harvard School of Public Health and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children including dyslexia.
A Padagogy Wheel (typo intended) created by Allan Carrington offers a useful perspective on how to figure out which iPad apps work with Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.
Recent research led by Guinevere Eden, director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center, has cast serious doubts on the theory that dyslexia stems from deficits in the visual system.
There have, however, been some studies that help shed light on the dyslexia advantage question, although more empirical research is needed.
Recently, many scientists have taken a turn in their research and begun to identify ways in which people with dyslexia may have skills that are superior to those of typical readers, particularly in certain artistic and scientific fields.
Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing, education, and media company is teaming up with Intel Corporation to design interactive gaming content for kids and families.
Roi Cohen Kadosh of the experimental psychology department of Oxford University has found that a relatively new brain-stimulation technique called transcranial electrical simulation may help people learn and improve their understanding of math concepts.