Are music lessons the key to smarter kids?
My youngest son is now 13, but when he was four, he started piano lessons. Four years old ...
The neurobiology of the afternoon nap
One seemingly ordinary Saturday afternoon in June 2013, an unusual experience awaited me in a furniture store: I ...
Busy brains build resilience to ageing. (Part 6 of Your Brain at 100)
This is part 6 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...
How to break bad habits using neuroscience
What are habits? Your brain is fundamentally lazy. When it can, it wires thoughts, emotions, or behaviours into ...
REFIRE: 6 steps to rewire your brain (and master anything).
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8 ways to encourage a growth mindset in kids.
Of all the topics I've written about over the years, how to foster a growth mindset in our ...
Should teenagers sleep in and start school later in the day?
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