As our adult children travel far and wide in pursuit of their own goals, it’s comforting to learn from a new research study that talking to them can reduce their stress (as measured by reductions in cortisol and increases in oxytocin). Girls between 7 and 12 years of age were Read more…
Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Innovation: the Wi-Fi data base that shamed Google “The revelation has, not for the first time, prompted a wave of accusations that Google doesn’t care about privacy anywhere near enough.” Southpaws: the evolution of Read more…
Our family loves technology. We even had a Jaguar gaming system, and not too many people even know what that is. So of course we needed iPads…Kristin and Karen received theirs today, too, and we’re getting some good advice from them on apps. The first thing I downloaded was the Read more…
Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Watching a living brain in the act of seeing “Looking ahead, they say their method opens a new avenue for exploration of how learning functions at the level of the individual neuron.” How nerve Read more…
Our family is anxiously awaiting the arrival of wireless 3G iPads at the end of April. I haven’t really had a chance to explore the possibilities of the technology yet, but one of the apps that is definitely on my list is the 3-D brain app from Genes to Cognition. Read more…