LearningRx1 sensory processing disorder | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 2

Training the Brain: Beyond Vision Therapy

Aug 23, 2016 by

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the ThinkRx cognitive training program. Sixty-one children (ages 6–18) were given pretest and post-test assessments using seven batteries from the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Tests of...

read more

Video games have positive effects on kids’ cognitive skills...

Apr 30, 2016 by

New research published in the journal “Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology,” indicates that playing on-screen games is actually good for children’s mental, cognitive and social skills....

read more

Kids who move while learning may observe more

Mar 30, 2016 by

A new study of 500 children in the Netherlands found that those who learned math and spelling in physically active classes tested better than kids who sat at their desks....

read more

The brain’s of ASD youth with hypersensitivity react differently...

Jul 22, 2015 by

UCLA researchers using fMRIs found that the brains youth on the autism spectrum who were more sensitive to sensory stimuli react different than autistic children without the extra sensitivity....

read more

Loud noises change how brain processes speech

Sep 6, 2014 by

Neuroscientists at the University of Texas at Dallas how found that loud noises change how our brain processes speech....

read more

Visual cortex uses information from ears too

Jul 6, 2014 by

Researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow have discovered that the visual cortex uses information from what you hear, as well as what you see....

read more

Sense of sound and sight separated in children with autism

Feb 24, 2014 by

A new study from Vanderbilt indicates that children with ASD have difficulty integrating sound and sight, which may make it harder to develop social and communication skills....

read more