Julia Badger critiques and summarises a recent randomised controlled trial testing the Let’s Talk intervention for improving children’s language development.
[read the full story...]Improving language development: read, play, discuss
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Cannabis use in the developing brain: evidence from a recent cross-sectional meta-analysis
Joe Barnby considers the findings of a recent meta-analysis of cross-sectional observational data, which explores the association of cannabis with cognitive functioning in adolescents and young adults.
[read the full story...]Teaching international social work: a comparative study
For her debut Tanya Moore examines a comparative study on social work teaching and learning in UK, US and Georgia and discusses international social work.
[read the full story...]Meta-analysis finds medium-sized deficit for IQ-change in schizophrenia patients
When Kraepelin first described the symptoms of the disorder we now call schizophrenia, he drew particular attention towards the deterioration of cognitive function he observed in his patients and named their condition “dementia praecox”. To this day, cognitive deficits are still regarded as one of the key features of schizophrenia (and related diagnoses), and it [read the full story…]
Science or Pseudo Science? Prevalence of Neuromyths in Education
You will be delighted to hear that improving your cognitive ability has never been simpler! You can carry out some easy, but highly effective, exercises to activate your brain, improve communication between right and left brain hemispheres, as well as increasing oxygenation, electrical activity and blood supply to your brain. Firstly, locate your ‘brain buttons’, [read the full story…]