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Could Training the Brain’ Help Children with Tourette Syndrome?

 
Could Training the Brain’ Help Children with Tourette Syndrome?

Children with Tourette syndrome could benefit from behavioural therapy to reduce their symptoms, according to a new brain imaging study. Researchers at The University of Nottingham discovered that the brains of children with Tourette syndrome (TS) deve… “This new study provides compelling evidence that this enhanced control of motor output is accompanied by structural and functional alterations within the brain. This finding suggests that non-pharmacological, ‘brain-training’, approaches may prove to be an effective treatment for Tourette syndrome.”

Oct 312010
 
Changing Education Paradigms

Another inspiring RSA Animate taken from a speech given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education expert and recipient of the RSA Benjamin Franklin award. (Video: HD 720p) Some quotes and summaries… Education, cultural identity, globalisation, and the old adage: Hard work, do well, go to college, and you’ll get a good job. Today, kids don’t believe this. Raise the standards. The intellectual model of the mind was based upon deductive reasoning and [Read more...]

Aug 162010
 
Metaphors we live by (Part 4)

Other metaphors to ponder Metaphors abound in political and current affairs Elections in Australia It is great to see political writers keep to a theme of metaphors, where this one is about clothing, dressing, material, stitching, fashion, changing and a reference to magazines where these are discussed: The special glow of power – July 2, 2010 – Julia Gillard’s transformation is a metaphor for how she’s trying to change the government….. Think of it this [Read more...]

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