Being Smarter
Paul Brown, How To Be Smarter
A round-up of recent ideas and recommendations
New York Times, Well: A Guided Tour of Your Body
Get to know yourself: Great graphics and summary pieces
Christopher Null, Brain Game Can Boost IQ—Here’s 5 New Brain Games to Play Now
Univ of Michigan game that boosts IQ, and another five commercial ones that are actually fun
Vaughan Bell, The History of the Brain
Everything you ever wanted to know, wrapped up in one radio program
Roni Caryn Rabin, For A Sharp Brain, Stimulation
Neurogenesis and the aging brain
Children & Being Smarter
Michael Merzenich, Children Left Behind
No Child Left Behind’s reading program leaves children behind…
Michael Merzenich, Poky Young Brains Speed Up
Learning difficulties, temporal processing, and specialized interventions making a difference
Bruce Hood, How Brains Develop
A Nature book review of two recent ones on children’s brain development
Will Dunham, Study Shows Breast-Fed Children Are Smarter
Well-designed study shows strong support for breast feeding as making kids smarter
Stereotypes, Beliefs & Knowledge
Richard Fenyman, Cargo Cult Science
Belief over data… even in science
Neuroanthropology 