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Growing resilient children. 10 neuroscience facts all parents and teachers should know.

By Mariana Rickmann PhD. What do parents who also happen to be scientists (like me) do when faced with ...

Seven common-sense building blocks for your child’s brain.

Some people experience terrible childhoods and yet flourish throughout life. Other people grow up in loving homes but ...

The colour of music

Vanessa Wamsley is a journalist who writes science, nature and education stories. After years of misunderstanding science, she brings ...
Matt Grubb Kings London axon initial segment

Development of the electric brain. Interview with my favourite neuroscientist Dr Matt Grubb

Meet Dr Matt Grubb. He's one of my all-time favourite neuroscientists. Matt and I met in Oxford. We ...

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