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Monthly Archives: March 2013
ABSTRACT Early gamma oscillations during rapid auditory processing in children with a language-learning impairment: Changes in neural mass activity after training
This just in from the April 2013 issue of Neuropsychologia: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393213000171 ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth Grade Follow-Up
This just in from Rutgers’ National Institute for Early Education Research: http://nieer.org/publications/latest-research/abbott-preschool-program-longitudinal-effects-study-fifth-grade-follow ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Reasoning Training Increases Brain Connectivity Associated with High-Level Cognition
This just in from Scientific American: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2013/03/18/reasoning-training-increases-brain-connectivity-associated-with-high-level-cognition/ ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Elite Athletes Also Excel at Some Cognitive Tasks
This just in from ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130318151634.htm Their article references new research – “Perceptual-cognitive expertise in elite volleyball players” — that appeared n the March 7, 2013, issue of Frontiers in Movement Science and Sport Psychology: http://www.frontiersin.org/Movement_Science_and_Sport_Psychology/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00036/abstract ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC … Continue reading
Understanding and Preventing Violence Directed Against Teachers
This just in from the American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-68-2-75.pdf ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
‘Network’ analysis of the brain may explain features of autism
This just in from Boston Children’s Hospital regarding research funded by the National Institutes of Health: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/bch-ao022213.php ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in … Continue reading
ADHD symptoms persist for most young children despite treatment
This just in from the March 7 issue of Psypost: http://www.psypost.org/2013/03/adhd-symptoms-persist-for-most-young-children-despite-treatment-16744 The article discusses implications of a study that appeared in the March issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(12)01000-3/abstract ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a … Continue reading
