One of the best things to do if you want to get your body stronger is cross train. Rather than just reading, playing video games, or eating well, it’s best […]

Psychologists have long recognized that play is a child’s most basic tool for learning. While it’s easy to see how the creative play of working on an art project and […]

So your teacher starts telling the class about the next assignment. The list of requirements is long and by the time you start you’ve forgotten all but the first step. […]

Can playing Minecraft and Angry Birds improve thinking skills in your child? How can parents and educators help kids transfer executive functioning skills used in these games to the real […]

Have you ever overeaten or spent too long sitting in front of the television? Most normal, well-adjusted, healthy adults would say yes to at least one of these questions. I […]

Vigorous physical exercise leads to improvement in executive-functioning skills. Studies detailed by John Ratey in his book “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” demonstrate how kids […]

When I was a kid in the 1960s my biggest dream was to be a major-leaguer. Yes, I wanted to be a baseball player like my heroes Carl Yastrzemski and […]

Many parents have heard their kids tell them that they want to be a video  game developer or a professional video game player. Can kids actually have a career in […]