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Sciences of educational psychology, neuroscience, speech pathology etc. as applied to teaching and learning. Also on this topic board will be research and articles related to student wellbeing, mindfulness etc.
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March 31, 2015 8:25 PM
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Life is full of uncertainty, we've just got to learn to live with it

Life is full of uncertainty, we've just got to learn to live with it | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of life but for many people, it triggers harmful levels of stress. The good news is that there are a number of things you can do to handle uncertainty better.
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March 31, 2015 5:07 PM
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Green Tea Improves Working Memory - PsyBlog

Green Tea Improves Working Memory - PsyBlog | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Tea boosts connections between frontal and parietal regions of the brain.
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March 31, 2015 5:04 PM
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Early Fitness Preserves Thinking Skills 25 Years Later - PsyBlog

Early Fitness Preserves Thinking Skills 25 Years Later - PsyBlog | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Even if you are already in middle age or later, the study has some good news.
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March 31, 2015 5:02 PM
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Two Servings of Specific Vegetables Can Reduce Brain Age By 11 Years - PsyBlog

Two Servings of Specific Vegetables Can Reduce Brain Age By 11 Years - PsyBlog | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Just two daily servings containing vital nutrients is enough to reduce brain age by 11 years.
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March 19, 2015 1:20 AM
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Robot model for infant learning shows bodily posture may affect memory and learning

Robot model for infant learning shows bodily posture may affect memory and learning | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
An Indiana University cognitive scientist and collaborators have found that posture is critical in the early stages of acquiring new knowledge.
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March 10, 2015 10:52 PM
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Frontiers | Binding in working memory and frontal lobe in normal aging: is there any similarity with autism? | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Some studies highlight similarities between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and healthy aging. Indeed, the decline in older individuals’ ability to create a unified representation of the individual features of an event is thought to arise from a disruption of integration within the episodic buffer of working memory as the same way as observed in ASD. In both cases, this deficit may result from an abnormal engagement of a frontohippocampal network. The objective of the present study is to identify both cognitive processes and neural substrates associated to the deficit of integration in healthy aging. We studied the capacity of integration and the cognitive processes that might mediate its decline in 72 healthy participants aged 18-84 years. We confronted the behavioral data to the changes in brain metabolism associated with the age-related decline in a subgroup of 34 healthy participants aged 20-77 years using the resting-state [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET). Forward stepwise regression analyses showed that the age-related decline in binding was partially explained by a decline in inhibition and processing speed. PET correlation analyses indicated that metabolism of the medial frontal regions, anterior and middle cingulate cortices is implicated in this phenomenon. These data suggest that executive functions and processing speed may play a crucial rule in the capacity to integrate unified representations in memory in aging. Possible implications are discussed in ASD.
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March 10, 2015 9:40 PM
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Even if obesity were a disease, exercise may be too bitter a pill

Even if obesity were a disease, exercise may be too bitter a pill | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Most of us know that obesity is a growing problem across the globe but would you call it a disease? While it may seem like a semantic debate, it is actually a serious issue with major implications.
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March 10, 2015 12:55 AM
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What's the role of virtues in the lab?

What's the role of virtues in the lab? | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
The evolution of science and engineering in the 21st century has transformed the role of these professions in profound ways that affect research, scholarship and the practice of teaching in the university…
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March 10, 2015 12:51 AM
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Universities are misguided to evade controversy with 'ethics'

Universities are misguided to evade controversy with 'ethics' | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
When controversial research is questioned, it's worth asking if it's for the right reasons.
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February 19, 2015 6:16 PM
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How hospitals are using big data analytics to research paediatric cancer

How hospitals are using big data analytics to research paediatric cancer | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Researchers in the United States are turning to big data analytics to gain a much better understanding of paediatric brain cancer and other diseases with a similar genetic process.
AnalyticsInnovations's curator insight, February 20, 2015 7:11 PM

Genie is open...What an exciting time!  Image, voice, text, video analysis are key.  ASA could be the harbinger of change for Statisticians.

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February 12, 2015 8:30 PM
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The Neuroscience Of Being A Good Leader

The Neuroscience Of Being A Good Leader | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Find out why it's important for leaders to understand how people feel about the freedom they have and their relationships at work.
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This article concentrates on the applications of neuroscience to leadership in the corporate workplace, but you can apply the learnings to leadership in the school environment as well. 

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Make 'em laugh: the humorous path to academic success

Make 'em laugh: the humorous path to academic success | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
The pathway to academic success is not always about the number of papers you've published. Some have found that a sense of humour can be just as useful.
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Irregular Bedtimes Reduce Children's Cognitive Performance - PsyBlog

Irregular Bedtimes Reduce Children's Cognitive Performance - PsyBlog | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Study finds that irregular bedtimes at 3-years-old predict lower cognitive performance four years later.
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New MIND Diet Lowers Risk of Alzheimer's Disease Over 50% - PsyBlog

New MIND Diet Lowers Risk of Alzheimer's Disease Over 50% - PsyBlog | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Even following the MIND diet 'moderately' reduced Alzheimer's disease risk by 35%.
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March 16, 2015 6:44 AM
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Common myths about speech problems in children

Common myths about speech problems in children | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Two-thirds of parents concerned about their child's speech don't act on their concerns. Why?
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March 10, 2015 9:41 PM
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How likely are doctors to charge more due to the rebate freeze?

How likely are doctors to charge more due to the rebate freeze? | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Doctors groups have warned the Coalition government's plan to maintain the Medicare rebate freeze will means patients will have to pay more for medical services.
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March 10, 2015 5:35 AM
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Tackling unethical authorship deals on scientific publications

Tackling unethical authorship deals on scientific publications | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
The research excellence of academics is often measured by the quantity and quality of their scholarly publications. But how do we know that all authors listed on a publication have actually been involved…
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Revisiting Milgram's shocking obedience experiments

Revisiting Milgram's shocking obedience experiments | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Chances are you’ve heard of Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments. In 1961, Milgram recruited pairs of volunteers to take part in a “memory test”. One volunteer was given the job of teacher, the other…
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The Intersection of Growth Mindsets and Maker Education

The Intersection of Growth Mindsets and Maker Education | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
I have a recent interest in both Growth Mindsets and Maker Education; and have blogged and presented on both of these topics.  As such and because of my passion for both of these area, I have been ...

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Where does growth mindset and maker education meet? Jackie Gerstein created this visual that looks at areas where both of these concepts come together. Would you agree that valuing effort is a part of growth mindset and maker education? How about failure being approached as interactive? Learn more about these intersections on two resources listed in this post and click through for a larger version of the image above or for a typed copy of the list.

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February 15, 2015 4:53 PM
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20 Fundamentals: What Every Teacher Should Know About Learning

20 Fundamentals: What Every Teacher Should Know About Learning | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
20 Fundamentals: What Every Teacher Should Know About Learning

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February 12, 2015 8:26 PM
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Finland scraps cursive handwriting in favour of typing skills

Finland scraps cursive handwriting in favour of typing skills | The Science of Learning | Scoop.it
Cursive handwriting will be scrapped from the Finnish education curriculum and replaced by lessons in keyboard typing, it has been announced.

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A great example on how technology is changing education. However how does this impact upon childrens' motor development and coordination?

Ezequiel Scott's curator insight, October 3, 2015 1:05 PM

It is a new trend on education?