Can you train your brain to reduce back pain? Does music improve your memory? Do languages evolve like animals do over time? And is it a parent’s fault if their child doesn’t grow up to be the person their parent hoped?
You’ll find the answers to these questions in this month’s edition.
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Latest Research
Your Mind After Midnight?
The Mind After Midnight hypothesis suggests that when humans are awake after midnight there are neurophysiological changes in the brain that alter the way we interact with the world. The changes relate to reward processing, impulse control and information processing.
Gestures Can Improve Understanding in Language Disorders
When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across - especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners pay more attention to the gestures of people with aphasia (a language disorder caused by brain damage) for much longer than previously thought.
Listening to your favorite music increases connectivity in the brain, especially for older people. Researchers said music appears to bridge the gap between the auditory system and the reward system in the brain.
Children with autism are likely to suffer more oral health problems, including tooth decay, than children without autism. Many autistic kids have sensory sensitivities that make it difficult to maintain an effective oral hygiene routine. These issues may also make visits to the dentist challenging.
Read what parents and caregivers can do to make oral hygiene and dental visits easier for their autistic kids.
Children and teens with ADHD are often targeted by bullies who notice their impulsivity, clumsiness, or awkward social skills. You can teach your child how to deal with a bully and become an upstander for other neurodivergent kids.
Winner of Google’s Best App of 2021 Award, the Balance App claims it’s personalized meditation program calms your mind, and improve your stress and sleep.
16 Terms to Help you Understand your Child's Learning Difficulties
If you have a child with language challenges, reading problems or learning difficulties, and you have sought help from their teacher, speech pathologist or other learning professional, you may have heard some unfamiliar terms.
Words like phonemic awareness, auditory processing, listening comprehension and working memory.
This eBook covers 16 common terms used in discussions about learning difficulties. Once you understand these, you should be able to have more productive discussions with your child's teacher or therapists.
Linguistic professor John McWhorter’s book ranges across linguistic theory, geography, history, and pop culture to tell the fascinating story of how thousands of very different languages have evolved from a single, original source in a natural process similar to biological evolution.
Parents, How Your Kids Turn Out Isn't Fully on You
The science behind how parents affect child development
Of course, parenting plays an important role in shaping who children become. But psychologist Yuko Munakata offers an alternative, research-backed reality that highlights how it's just one of many factors that influence childhood development.