Photo Credit: Olya Komarova Nearsightedness (aka myopia) is becoming a worldwide epidemic, and all the time spent in “near” activities—such as looking at a phone or tablet screen—may be a big reason why. According to NPR, 42% of the US population is now myopic, up...
Photo by Ksenia Chernaya: https://bit.ly/4bzr2a5 So says the latest body of research on the subject according to National Geographic reporting. The idea that birth order was an important influencer of personality gained steam under psychologist Alfred Adler who...
Well, maybe it’s not quite medicine, but did you know that music may reduce the perception of pain in newborns? Babies receive a variety of tests in their early weeks that often subject them to a little pain – vaccinations, heel prick blood tests, etc. Medical...
MAY 2024 Neuroscience in the Nursery Parents often send us questions about language disorders. We welcome those because our Chief Scientist has spent more than 30 years studying their origin and potential ways to remediate or prevent them. In this newsletter,...
It may seem incredibly retro for a high-tech state like Cali to push kids largely raised as digital natives into learning cursive. Like, who handwrites anything these days? But, as a recent article from the BBC points out, the physical act of committing letters and...
APRIL 2024 Neuroscience in the Nursery A year in on the launch of our first product, we have a lot to be grateful for, a lot we have learned, and a lot more to do (including raising the money to fund those plans!). For all of you with children who have benefited from...
