This book explains how teenage brains work. Dr. Frances E. Jensen shares information about brain development in teens, making it useful for parents and teachers.

For over a century, neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms ...

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Preschool years are a period of rapid brain development. By age 5, children's brains are approximately 90 percent of adult-sized brains. How to boost young children's brain growth.

In this book he dismantles the idea that the brain is an elegantly designed organ of thought. In fact it is a “kluge”, a clumsily engineered machine, pieced together by natural selection from ...

From designing a brain-friendly diet to encouraging them to be physically active, here are a few ways to boost brain development in kids.

While reading for pleasure is unlikely, on its own, to fully address the challenging effects of poverty on the brain, it provides a simple method for improving children’s development and attainment.

Starting in infancy, families receive not just books, but guidance on how shared reading supports connection, language development, and brain growth — making literacy a key part of well-child ...

So how could reading boost cognition exactly? It is already known that language learning, including through reading and discussing books, is a key factor in healthy brain development. It is also a ...

Advance could usher in new era of research for schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases ...

The first years of our lives are critical when it comes to brain development and cognition. But reading books and learning times tables can only go so far when driving this cognitive development.