EduSense: Like a FitBit for your teaching skills
CMU researchers develop comprehensive classroom sensing systemCredit: Carnegie Mellon University While training and feedback opportunities abound for K-12 educators, the ...
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Childhood chores not related to self-control development
Additional finding: Self-control development predicts future job outcomesCredit: University of Houston Although assigning household chores is considered an essential component ...
Talk to the hand
MU researchers find human brain can rewire itself after a traumatic bodily injuryCredit: University of Missouri Fans of the blockbuster ...
Smartphone typing speeds catching up with keyboards
A study of over 37,000 users shows that the 'typing gap', the difference typing speeds between mobile devices and physical ...
Cerebral reperfusion of reading network predicts recovery of reading ability after stroke
New Jersey researchers find early reperfusion of left reading network predicts reading ability in people recovering from left-sided strokeCredit: Kessler ...
3D slave ship model brings a harrowing story to life
A 3D model of an 18th century slave ship, which captures the cramped, dirty and stifling conditions experienced by enslaved ...
Dr. Chiaravalloti receives grant to improve new learning and memory in multiple sclerosis
The National Institutes of Health awarded a $1,825,742 grant to Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, of Kessler Foundation to conduct a randomized ...
Scholars weigh in on new ideas about autism
Authors of provocative paper about social engagement reply to commentariesCredit: Nick Gonzales A new paper that challenges widely held ideas ...
Study finds maternal race not a factor for children experiencing a ‘language gap’
In a first of its kind study, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham ...
Carnegie Mellon research identifies new pathways for sensory learning in the brain
Automated, robotic training device developed by Carnegie Mellon undergraduate student advances neuroscience research We've all heard the saying that individuals ...
Snails show that variety is the key to success if you want to remember more
A change is as good as a rest when it comes to remembering more, according to new research by neuroscientists ...
Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘Pre-bunking’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
Credit: DROG An online game in which people play the role of propaganda producers to help them identify real world ...
Your brain activity can be used to measure how well you understand a concept
Credit: Water tower at Olcott Beach, NY, by Ad Meskens; image was modified by Joshua S. Cetron and used under ...
Owner training key to reducing risk of dog bite injuries
Dog attacks have been on the rise and it may the owners who need to go back to school. A ...
Beekee box: A network without the internet or electricity!
Researchers at UNIGE have designed a box that allows users to log on to a learning platform without an internet ...
Research reveals how the Internet may be changing the brain
An international team of researchers from Western Sydney University, Harvard University, Kings College, Oxford University and University of Manchester have ...
Kessler Foundation awarded six grants by New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research
Researchers received six grants totaling nearly $2.0 million to investigate novel ways to improve quality of life for individuals with ...
Weber receives grant to study cognitive screening for persons with spinal cord injury
The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded a $592,000 grant to Erica Weber, PhD, of Kessler Foundation, to ...
Dr. Genova of Kessler Foundation receives major grant for autism research
The New Jersey Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism awarded a $357,000 grant to Helen Genova, Ph.D., ...
The effects of the Internet on learning in higher education
RMU Initiative Funding for Research to fund educational researchers, computer scientists, linguists, and neuroscientists at the Rhine-Main Universities The Internet ...
