Our rule when reading about "Ten Misconceptions About Aging" is that you read about prior "misconceptions" before your are entitled...
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Mr. Leonard Krauss and Dr. Stanley Karansky win a “Merzie”
Over the past three years, we have conducted several research projects at Rossmoor, a retirement community with about 9,000 residents...
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Children catching up
I just read a report from the Everett, Massachusetts school district that illustrates what CAN be achieved in helping children...
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Children left behind
A large, controlled study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education has just shown that a widely mandated program (Reading...
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Reactive attachment disorder 3
In two earlier blogs (last August 3rd, 5th), I briefly discussed some aspects of the neuroscience of "reactive attachment disorders"...
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A fifth misconception: Our functional abilities at any stage of life are a handoff from Mother Nature or the Creator of the Universe
If you haven't done your homework (haven't read "misconceptions 1-4"), go do it, then read this one. You'll find those...
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“The Brain Fitness Program” on PBS
Many of you may have seen this program. At last count, it has been shown several thousand times. Almost every...
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Poky young brains speed up
An important recent study reported by scientists from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cornell and Rutgers universities (Gaab N, Gabrieli JD, Deutsch...
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