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Ready to learn? The science behind the experiment - video | Science | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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Guardian mini documentary outlining the state of neuroeducation, especially looking at the importance of sleep, nutrition and exercise on children's cognitive abilities and readiness to learn.

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How your brain likes to be treated at revision time | Education | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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Revising tips from a neuroscientist

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An activity map of the whole zebrafish brain | Mo Costandi | Science | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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Daniel Barber on 19 Mar 13

First time ever the activity of a whole brain can be seen... lots of pretty colours!

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Electric shocks to brain help students solve maths problems, scientists say | Science |... - 2 views

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used to help those who fall behind in maths.
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imple calculations, or tried to remember mathematical facts
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Daniel Barber on 17 May 13

Electric shocks to brain help students solve maths problems - The Guardian's Ian Sample - see link to same story by the Daily Mail

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Could 'learning styles' tests do more harm than good? | Education | The Guardian - 7 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...furthereducation.uk1

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Multiple Intelligence criticism by Frank Coffield

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Time to stop avoiding grammar rules | Education | Guardian Weekly - 0 views

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Catherine Walter, one of grammar's most upstanding proponents, looks to be recycling tired old research and making grand statements with little hard evidence

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How I learned a language in 22 hours | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

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How many neurons make a human brain? Billions fewer than we thought | James Randerson |... - 0 views

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Researchers found that the 100 billion neurons figure is yet another neuromyth (but not far off)

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How Barbara Arrowsmith-Young rebuilt her own brain | Science | The Guardian - 0 views

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A personal story of plasticity. Barbara Arrowsmith Young had severe learning disabilities but trained herself out of them when she realised that the brain can and does change.

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Quest for the connectome: scientists investigate ways of mapping the brain | Science | ... - 3 views

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Scientists consider the almost impossible task of drawing a circuit diagram for all 86 billion neurons and how they connect up: the 'connectome'. A fantastic video showing cutting edge technology seeing the neural pathways as never before!

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Why it's time for brain science to ditch the 'Venus and Mars' cliche | Science | The Ob... - 1 views

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Robin McKie of the Guardian with some wise opinions on the gender debate

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So my mushy head is 'hardwired' for girly things, is it? If this is science, I am Richa... - 1 views

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I am a girl whose mushy head is "hardwired" for girly things.
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neuroscience is actually a mass of disciplines: neurology, physiology, psychology, molecular biology and genetics, all of them ramped up by new ways of imaging the brain
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The interaction between the hemispheres is what counts, but this is less marketable stuff.
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All of them confirm what we already know, not what we could know.
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brain scans are still blunt intruments
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very clever doctors were more than happy to talk about what they did not know about the brain.
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quasi-religious status
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"neurosexism"
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The truth is our brains are much more similar than they are different. That's not a headline you will ever read, is it? "Men and women: much the same!"
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Daniel Barber on 05 Dec 13

Suzanne Moore argues vociforously against the recent overblown news that men and women's brains are wired differently.

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Our brains, and how they're not as simple as we think | Science | The Observer - 2 views

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Skeptical about the inaccuracies in 'folk neuroscience'.

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The secret to calm classrooms? Lose the shoes | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

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Is there a universal language of sound? | David Shariatmadari | Opinion | The Guardian - 0 views

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Evidence that "sound symbolism" extends much further than onomatopeia. Universals across languages.

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Male and female brains wired differently, scans reveal | Science | The Guardian - 0 views

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gender brain neurology

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Maps of neural circuitry show women's brains are suited to social skills and memory, men's perception and co-ordination

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Curiosity improves memory by tapping into the brain's reward system | Science | The Gua... - 2 views

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curiosity dopamine reward system learning

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