Neuro News

Online learning can be quite effective. Emotional connections with students are key to success, says Mariale Hardiman, Ed.D.—and parents don’t have to be teachers to help their children understand and apply what they are learning online.

A new citizen-science project offers parents a virtual scrapbook to record their children’s speech, so researchers can see how their language skills develop in home settings—as well as see how they may be affected by staying at home during the pandemic.

The US national health institutes have begun a massive, long-term study—starting with nearly 12,000 children—to learn how brains grow, and try to pinpoint why some go off-track.

Having high blood pressure in early middle life may affect your brain health some 40 years later.

Very early tests of surface-level stimulation suggest it may work, at least in the short term.

While others try to thin out the overabundance of an amino acid that critically damages the axons in infants with Canavan disease, Dana Foundation grantee David Pleasure aims to prevent the buildup itself.

While many of us are sheltering in place, maintaining mood and friendships is more important than ever. We talk with Dana Alliance member Myrna Weissman, Ph.D., on how best to cope during forced isolation.

Dana grantee Michelle Hampson, Ph.D., describes how neurofeedback may be a good alternative treatment for tics and the challenges of developing the right training paradigms.

We talk with Dana Alliance member Robert W. Greene, M.D., Ph.D., about how sleep can help us fight off viruses and other infections and how to get a better night’s rest.

Dana grantee Jan Claassen, M.D., uses EEG to detect patterns of brain activity in people in coma who don’t physically respond to voice commands that suggest some may have “covert consciousness.”

Q&A with Anthony Wagner, Ph.D.

Q&A with Cristian Zaelzer-Perez on his work bringing scientists and artists together to enrich one another.

Q&A with Stefano Sandrone on how he got started in education, the importance of mentors, and more.