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Stick Or Carrot – Research Could Aid In Diagnosing Neural Development Disorders

March 18, 2013

22 March 2013, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team of academics at The University of Nottingham has found. A study led by researchers from the University’s School of Psychology, published recently…...

March 18, 2013

22 March 2013, Dyslexia, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers in the UK have taken an important step towards understanding how the human brain ‘decodes’ letters on a page to read a word. The work, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will help psychologists…...

Speedeebee! Review of a Cute Word Game

March 18, 2013

22 March 2013, Game Review, Language, Newsletter, SLP

“Life is more fun if you play games.” ― Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald Heidi Kay over at PediaStaff asked me to review a couple of games by Blue Orange Games. Of course, I said yes—if you look at my therapy room,…...

March 14, 2013

15 March 2013, Neoatal Care, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A new research technique, pioneered by Dr. Maria Angela Franceschini, will be published in JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) on March 14th. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a non-invasive optical measurement system to…...

March 14, 2013

15 March 2013, Article, Bilingualism, Newsletter

[Source: ASHA Leader] In November 2012, bilingual fluency expert Garth Foote chatted with participants during an ASHA online conference on fluency. The Leader was listening. Bahaa Sudqui Moh’d Abdeljawad: In your lecture, I understood that we treat the language that bothers the…...

March 13, 2013

15 March 2013, Autism, Newsletter, SPD

[Source: ARS Technica] You stand in a dirt field under a beautiful blue sky. A few meters away, a group of kids are shrieking and playing happily on a jungle gym. As you walk forward, though, you notice the kids are actually…...

March 13, 2013

15 March 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Newly released findings from Bradley Hospital published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry have found that autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect the brain activity of children and adults differently. In the study, titled…...

March 13, 2013

15 March 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children as young as 3 years old know when they are not sure about a decision, and can use that uncertainty to guide decision making, according to new research from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University…...

March 12, 2013

News, Newsletter, PT, TBI

[Source Science Daily] A single concussion may cause lasting structural damage to the brain, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. “This is the first study that shows brain areas undergo measurable volume loss after concussion,” said Yvonne…...

March 11, 2013

15 March 2013, News, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Science Daily] Exercise may play a key role in helping children cope with stressful situations, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). When they are exposed to everyday stressors,…...