Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Feb 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
A Child’s View of Attention Deficit While the report gives insights into the sadness and frustration felt by kids with attention deficits, Dr. Bartlett said she chose the students because they had “achieved some measure of success by virtue of now being college students.’’ She said she hopes the research can be used to help [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Malcolm Gladwell has written an insightful essay and book review on how the work of James R. Flynn has turned the IQ measurement world on its head. If what I.Q. tests measure is immutable and innate, what explains the Flynn effect—the steady rise in scores across generations? Gladwell is one of my favorite New Yorker [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia “We found that dyslexics who succeed had overcome an awful lot in their lives by developing compensatory skills,” Professor Logan said in an interview. “If you tell your friends and acquaintances that you plan to start a business, you’ll hear over and over, ‘It won’t work. It can’t be done.’ [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Nov 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
Judith Warner speculates about ADHD, maturation, drugs and more in Ritalin Wars. This is well worth reading.
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
I was listening to OnPoint today and the topic was Sleep Deprived Children and the effects of lack of sleep on development, learning, and behavior. Po Bronson and Dr. Judith Ownens were interviewed. It seems Bronson had a piece on this in this past Sunday’s NY Times Magazine (not online yet that I can see) [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on May 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
Hacking My Kid’s Brain: How a Child’s Neurons Were Rewired: “An effort to recalibrate the brain of a child suffering from sensory processing disorder using light, sound and motion therapy is successful.” (Source Wired News.)
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on May 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Ceiling Height Can Affect How A Person Thinks, Feels And Acts For years contractors, real estate agents and event planners have said that whether building, buying or planning an event, a higher or vaulted ceiling is always better. Are they right? Until now there has been no real evidence that ceiling height has any influence [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Apr 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
Roger Ebert, film critic, has cancer in his salivary glands and jaw and has had disfiguring surgeries to remove the cancer. He can’t talk. Yet, his spirit is still very much alive and he’ll attend his Ninth Annual Overlooked Film Festival in Chicago. Inspirational. (Source Signal vs. Noise.)
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Apr 25th, 2007 No Comments »
NPR’s Talk of the Nation had a great show on yesterday: Balancing Public Safety, Forced Mental Treatment. It’s also available through the iTunes Music Store as a podcast: Podcasts/NPR/Talk of the Nation. This show both describes a broken mental health system and some of the good that’s come from advocacy groups helping psychotic patients learn [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Apr 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Teenage Riddle: Skipping Class, Mastering Chess: A chess star at a Brooklyn high school skips a lot of school — but he is no ordinary truant.
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Feb 9th, 2007 No Comments »
CDC Study Puts Rate of Autism at 1 in 150 U.S. Children This seems about right when you define autism broadly. Still, it’s alarming when you think about what it means for US education, which is already in bad shape.
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Jan 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The Genius in All of Us is David Shenk’s weblog on: How science is unveiling a rich new understanding of talent, “giftedness,” and brilliance — and the lessons we can all apply to our own lives. The notes at this weblog will evolve into a book but until then you can read his notes and [...]