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Too Many Kids Quit Science Because They Don’t Think They’re Smart
The Atlantic: For most students, science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM) subjects are not intuitive or easy. Learning in general—and STEM in particular—requires repeated trial and error, and a student’s lack of confidence can sometimes Visit Page
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Maternal Buffering of Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry During Childhood but Not During Adolescence Dylan G. Gee, Laurel Gabard-Durnam, Eva H. Telzer, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Bonnie Goff, Mor Shapiro Visit Page
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The debate about spanking children is over. It’s just wrong.
The Washington Post: U.S. sports continue to struggle with the controversies surrounding Ray Rice’s domestic violence case, and the arrest of Slava Voynov on suspicion of domestic violence. But what has not been a matter of debate Visit Page
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Some Millennials — And Their Parents — Are Slow To Cut The Cord
NPR: So your child moved back in with you after graduation, and it seems like she will never leave. Or worse, you’re sending rent checks each month while she searches for jobs in the big Visit Page
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Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is Crucial to Language Skills, Study Finds
The New York Times: It has been nearly 20 years since a landmark education study found that by age 3, children from low-income families have heard 30 million fewer words than more affluent children, putting Visit Page
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: Dysfunctional Activation of the Cerebellum in Schizophrenia: A Functional Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis Jessica A. Bernard and Vijay A. Mittal The cognitive dysmetria framework posits that the deficits Visit Page
