Early Brain Development

Research into why some people have strong memory well into old age suggests that their brains are different from their peers.

We've all been there: You're at work deeply immersed in a project when suddenly you start thinking about your weekend plans. It happens because behind the scenes, parts of your brain are battling

Neuroscience research shows epileptic patients with brain electrodes surgically implanted in their medial temporal lobes learned to consciously control individual neurons deep in the brain with thoughts.

This really is what life is simply ALL about!! 

 “A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it” ~ Frank A.Clark

One of my greatest desires is for every baby to start out life feeling loved! It is what the brain needs most....  and we do never outgrow the need to feel love.

"In their earliest months and years, children’s interactions with familiar, sensitive, and stimulating caregivers fuel their social, emotional and intellectual growth, with enduring effects on their future development, learning, and academic capacities."

Researchers still do not know what the future might hold for a generation raised with smartphones and tablets.

Ed Boyden is only 33, but he's already helped invent influential technologies in the study of the human brain.

"Author and clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison writes, “Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” It is through unstructured, open-ended creative play that children learn the ways of the world. While playing outside, children explore with all their senses, they witness new life, they create imaginary worlds and they negotiate with each other to create a playful environment."

By Guest Author Cara Faus of Health, Home, and Happiness I knew my daughter Hannah had autism when she was only 12 months old although she wasn’t professionally diagnosed until age 4.

Jonas Salk was responsible for the eradication of polio, now the institute named for him is tackling an even more universally deleterious condition.

It seems that some very young humans play with iPads nearly half of their waking day. This is leading to withdrawal tantrums of an extreme kind. Read this article by Chris Matyszczyk on CNET News.

"Maybe I’m just being nostalgic, or reactionary. But I think these imaginary people and places, elaborate collaborations between the author and the reader, help kids put themselves in others’ shoes, and test themselves in situations they may not encounter in real life. I remember learning some of my lessons in bravery from The Hobbit, and those in compassion from The Secret Garden, and I don’t need data to know that I’d like my daughter to have the chance to do the same."

When faced with unimaginable tragedy, in a terrifying situation where people did not know how to respond or behave, when no one could know if there would be any more bombs being detonated or any more people being harmed, in a set of circumstances that, by all logic and reason, should have discouraged most people from lending a hand, people still jumped into the crowd and helped. In droves. They stepped up, pitched in, helped strangers. They put themselves in potential danger to make sure that strangers were okay.

After chatting with Deb and Dana, it became clear
to me that the sorts of assessments conducted by neuropsychologists are often conflated with the ‘psychoeducational testing’ administered by other professionals (e.g. psychologists, educational therapists, and school district administrators). Consequently, the power of neuropsychological tests and their implications for educating students are lost.

We like to think we are paying attention to our kids and are in tune with them all, (or most of), the time but sometimes we can forget that when they are grouchy or are behaving in a certain way that there is a feeling behind their behaviour. It may be that they are hungry, tired, ill or upset about something.

REDLANDS, CA–Nicholas and Beverly Serna's daughter Caitlin was only four years old, but they already knew there was a problem.

Did You Know...?         ...... feel good chemicals are released in the brain through loving interactions.
....... families and cultures that express warm physical affection have fewer issues with anger and aggression.

..... Researchers who examine the life histories of children who have succeeded despite many challenges, have consistently found that these children have had at least one stable, supportive relationship with an adult early in life.

The more face-to-face time you spend, the healthier you and your children are.

“Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our children's health." - Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods

 

Imagine a treatment that would improve your mood, make you smarter, keep you healthier and improve your relationships.  How much would you invest in that therapy?  It turns out there is such a thing, and best of all, it’s free.  It’s called “nature.”

An education expert says children should be allowed to get bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative.