Brain+Research

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Multitasking
Instant Messaging Found to Slow Students' Reading - www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/08/27/01im.h28.html?tmp=1933094725

Research
**Brighter brain** Third-grade brains' // myelin //-coated "white matter" now usually exceeds their non-// myelinated //"grey matter." This means that their interconnecting brain has greatly strengthened the ability for high-level thinking, planning, problem solving, and information processing. **__You can help your child by guiding her towards " memory strategies " so your child can quickly file away the immense quantities of data that schooling requires__**. One great outcome of all this white matter development: Third graders can be significantly less forgetful than second graders. @http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/behavior-discipline/slideshows/4451-brain-third-grade.gs?page=2

TED Talks
Don't Eat the Marshmallow - delayed gratification --> success Tom Wujec - 3 Ways the Brain Creates Meaning Julian Treasure - 4 Ways Sound Affects Us