LearningRx1 children | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 4

Children with TBI more likely to be disabled if they have ADHD too...

Jul 9, 2013 by

Children who experience a mild traumatic brain injury are more likely to be moderately disabled if they also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Other factors, such as age, sex, hospital length of stay, mechanisms of injury, etc. were controlled...

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Toddlers and visual working memory

Jul 4, 2013 by

Thanks to optical neuroimaging, we now know that 3-year-olds can hold 1.3 objects in visual working memory, while 4-year-olds can hold 1.8 objects. Most adults can hold 3 to 4 objects....

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Kids from low-income homes use brains differently

Nov 28, 2012 by

Kids from low-income households use their brains differently. In a recent study of kids between ages 12 and 14, it was found that those from low-income families allocate more attention to unimportant tasks than those of their higher-income peers. This...

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