About 60 area K-12 teachers, administrators and retired educators attended the Kids First Mind Brain Education Professional ...

Teachers are increasingly encouraged to become amateur neuroscientists. For the last decade, educational materials have promoted neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity for adaptation, as the key to ...

Large studies encompassing thousands of people have since shown that following the MIND diet corresponds with better ...

Your heart keeps you ticking, but your topmost organ, the brain—and how you feed it—is a major driver of how you feel and function on a day-to-day basis. “Nutrition profoundly impacts cognitive ...

What is the relation between the mind (thoughts, perceptions, sensations, emotions) and the physical body? The traditional answer, assumed by all religions that believe in an afterlife, is dualism: ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. When Amy Richter was a little girl, her father often traveled for work. He often came ...

Learn how brain recordings reveal a distinct state in which conscious awareness briefly drops out — even while people remain awake. Your mind is usually busy — replaying conversations, planning dinner ...

While we know some foods can offer medicinal benefits, it appears one diet in particular can help to reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Sticking to a Mediterranean-style diet may ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...