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Here's Proof That Learning Cursive Makes You Smarter
When was the last time you wrote in cursive? Fifty-eight years ago The Saturday Evening Post was already calling America a "nation of scrawlers." Now, the recently established Common Core State...
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Your brain isn't just a bunch of grey matter. It's a powerful, processing machine of an organ. Produced by Kevin Reilly Follow TI Video: On Facebook Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleNew research reveals an easy way to make babies learn faster
Babies have expectations about the world around them, and according to new research from Johns Hopkins University, it's when something defies those expectations that babies learn best. "Infants are...
View ArticleWhat happens to your brain when you check your phone all the time
MIT professor and social psychologist Sherry Turkle who recently released her new book, ‘Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age’, tells us what happens to our brains when we’re...
View ArticleHarvard researchers printed a brain to solve one of its biggest mysteries
One of the biggest difficulties that comes with studying the brain is that we're still learning how it works. Researchers at Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences may...
View ArticleScientists discovered a disturbing new defect associated with the untreatable...
The CDC just released more information about Zika virus. Here's everything we know so far. Produced by Grace Raver. Original reporting by Kevin Loria. Follow TI: On FacebookJoin the conversation...
View ArticleWhat happens to your brain when you check your phone all the time
MIT professor and social psychologist Sherry Turkle who recently released her new book, ‘Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age’, tells us what happens to our brains when we’re...
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Researchers are trying to figure out how to change your brain so you can...
Kids have amazing brains. They can pick up two languages in early childhood just as easily as they can learn one. Early childhood also seems to be the key time period when musical training makes it...
View ArticleWhat happens to your brain when you check your phone all the time
MIT professor and social psychologist Sherry Turkle, author of ‘Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age’, tells us what happens to our brains when we’re constantly on our phones....
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What we know about people who have the brain of a 'superager'
One of the greatest fears that many people have about growing old is that they'll lose their mental acuity. That's because there's a common belief that mental performance declines with age, that it...
View ArticleA neuroscientist explains the 5 most effective methods to keep your brain...
Neuroscientist and leadership coach Dr. Tara Swart spoke with Business Insider about some of the most effective methods to keep your brain healthy. She picked her five key areas: sleep, nutrition,...
View ArticleWhat humans will look like in 1,000 years
Humans are still evolving, So, where will evolution take us in 1,000 years?Chances are we’ll be taller. Humans have already seen a boom in height over the last 130 years. In 1880 the average American...
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A new study shows that reading to babies has major benefits for their brains
Recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary, reading skills and name writing ability. Books that contain a wider...
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Researchers recorded a thought making its way through the brain in real time...
Brain scientists at the University of California Berkeley placed electrodes on the outer layer of the brains of 16 patients and watched how a thought developed in their heads. The insights shed new...
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The modern human brain may only be 40,000 years old, scientists say
Homo sapiens have been around for about 200,000 years. But our modern-shaped human brains may have only come into existence about 40,000 years ago, researchers say. The rounder, bigger brain shape...
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The first long-term study on how screen time affects children's brains...
A new and ongoing study from the National Institutes of Health is testing how screen time affects children's brains, CBS News reported. When complete, the study will have followed more than 11,000...
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Leading doctors say there is little medical evidence for limiting screen time...
A group of leading pediatricians said there is little evidence that screen use is harmful to children in itself, and encouraged children to "stop worrying." The group said that evidence screen time is...
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A controversial study suggests drinking fluoridated water during pregnancy is...
Fluoride has become almost synonymous with U.S. public water supplies since the mineral is in an estimated 74.4% of peoples' drinking water. A new study suggests when pregnant women consume...
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Exposure to flame retardants is causing US kids to lose millions of IQ...
New research from New York University shows that pesticides and flame retardants may pose a growing threat to a child's IQ — perhaps more than lead or mercury. Exposure to flame retardants resulted in...
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