Category Archives: your brain
Deliberate practice – the key to effortless skill
Deliberate practice has to include 5 key elements. The blue text is quoted from the book referenced below. The notion of deliberate practice, first introduced by K. Anders Ericsson in a 1993 Psychological Review article, went far beyond the simple idea of hard work. The … Continue reading
Autism visible as different brain growth at 2 years old
Interesting article – http://news.discovery.com/human/autism-puts-brain-growth-in-overdrive-110505.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1Not really surprising from a parenting perspective. Two years of age is the time when the child discovers a sense of self, and starts to challenge and explore its options in the social network surrounding them (“the terrible … Continue reading
Children’s under-achievement associated with poor working memory
A large study involving 3,000 students has shown that in about 10% of children their problems with academic achievement were actually due to a lack of working memory capacity. http://www.physorg.com/news123404466.html While the article laments that teachers often fail to assess … Continue reading
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