New IHD study details lagging early language and preliteracy skills among Latino toddlers. Preschool alone may be too late.

Mexican-American toddlers understanding the achievement gap

Latino childrens' language skills are lagging by age 2-study says

Literacty gap between Latino and white toddlers start early, study shows

Scientists detect brain network that gives humans superior reasoning skills

Principal investigator, Silvia Bunge, analyzed and tracked developmental and evolutionary changes in the brains lateral frontoparietal network that have served to boost humans reasoning skills.
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Stephen Hinshaw, Distinguished Scientist Award

 Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology

The ADHD Explosion

Listen to KQED interview with professors Stephen Hinshaw and Richard Scheffler about their new book, The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance:

What Lies Behind the ADHD Explosion

BigLeap Launches First Crowd-Funding Challenge Platform for Social Good

First Challenge Aims to Give Children Everywhere Access to Free Games That Can Actually Make Them Smarter

This is a challenge to develop low-cost games that provide children everywhere with the opportunity to sharpen their reasoning skills:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/bigleap-launches-first-crowd-funding-challenge-platform-for-social-good-1822479.htm

Reasoning Training Increases Brain Connectivity Associated with High-Level Cognition

The Bunge Lab was recently cited in Scientific American for our recent publications linking reasoning training to strengthened neural pathways associated with higher-level cognitive ability:

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Phil and Carolyn Cowan Leading a Couples' Communication Project in London

Phil and Carolyn are bringing their expertise on the impact of parenting roles have on relationships to London.  They will be working with counselors to develop new ways for couples to communicate.  To read more, click here.