In an article in an issue of the New Yorker, Jerome Groopman writes lucidly about the explosion in the diagnosis...
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Alvaro asked a tough question: How do you define SMART?
November 1, 2018
Alvaro asked this question as a comment after a blog entry discussed recent evidence that physical exercise contributes to academic...
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“WAR’S NEW WOUNDS. A shock wave of brain injuries”
October 1, 2018
That was the headline in a Washington Post article written by Ronald Glasser, published on Sunday, April 8, 2007. It...
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Reactions to a book about an autistic boy and his mom
September 1, 2018
Last month, I recommended a book called "Strange Son", written by a mother who struggled to communicate with, understand, and...
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A recommended book (for some readers)
August 1, 2018
"Strange Son", by Portia Iversen is a personal account of a very special individual (the co-founder of Cure Autism Now;...
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My own experiences at “brain fitness” exercises.
July 1, 2018
I was just training in BrainHQ this morning. Because I have been working on the development of these exercises over the...
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More, better, quicker. New middle/high school computer-based language training programs
June 1, 2018
I attended a scientific meeting a few years ago in which Bill Jenkins, the program development team leader at Scientific...
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Brain plasticity-based “cognitive training” elevates BDNF
May 1, 2018
Serum BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophin factor) has been repeatedly shown to be lower than normal in schizophrenic, bipolar and depressed patient...
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