December 2008

Many thanks to the Online Education Database for including me in their list of 101 Fascinating Brain Blogs. Some of our good friends are listed (Dr. X, Greta and Dave Munger’s Cognitive Daily, John Grohol’s World of Psychology, MindHacks, Neuroanthropology and many more), but there are some new ones that Read more…

Psychologists have known for a long time that children from poor families often have more difficulty with the types of behaviors managed by the prefrontal cortex, including attention, decision-making, and problem-solving. A new study indicates that even in children with no neural damage, and no prenatal exposure to drugs and Read more…