Left / Right Brain bollocks.
A study shows fairly conclusively that the idea one side of our brain is more dominant than the other - and by extension, that this dictates what kind of person you are - is little more than a myth.
I am a girl whose mushy head is "hardwired" for girly things.
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
The interaction between the hemispheres is what counts, but this is less marketable stuff.
All of them confirm what we already know, not what we could know.
brain scans are still blunt intruments
very clever doctors were more than happy to talk about what they did not know about the brain.
quasi-religious status
"neurosexism"
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!"
Fascinating study in auditory cortex of rats being trained to discriminate subtle pitch differences raises a great many questions about learning and learning from mistakes.
Frontiers is an open access resource for scientists and those interested in academic writing in specific fields. This search for 'foreign languages' throws up a great deal of potentially interesting articles. For browsing only - more digging required to access whole article
A perfect example of the kind of unmitigated rubbish spouted by 'brain-friendly' educators, who fail to acknowledge the sheer complexity of the brain, and the need for multiple modules of the brain to be employed in a simple task such as discerning differences in a picture.
This is a wonderful lecture from Karen Froud, Director of the Neurocognition of Language Lab, and Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology and Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College, at the cutting edge of neuroeducation.
Two seemingly contradictory investigations. People with lower blood sugar fared better at memory tests, but is there a direct link between better memory and sugar, or is lower sugar levels indicative of greater dietary awareness, which may accompany better general awareness, including a metacognitive awareness propitious to all cognitive functions, including memory? Then a link to a report suggesting CHOCOLATE is good for the memory! WHat's the answer? Sugar-free chocolate?!