Study Proves Auditory Processing Changes After The Listening Program Advanced Brain Technologies, creators of The Listening Program®, a provider of evidence-based music programs and products for improving brain function, today announced the publication of a new… Tags auditory processing, auditory processing disorder, Brain, jay lucker, learning disability, listening, music listening therapy, neuroscience, research, The Listening Program, tlp Read more
New Research Article: The Listening Program Effective In Reducing Auditory Sensitivities In Children Introduction Advanced Brain Technologies, a leading provider of neuroscience-based music programs for improving brain function, today announced publication of a peer reviewed journal article that discusses… Tags auditory, listening therapy, music, research, The Listening Program Read more
Autism and Eye Tracking BY BRYN FARNSWORTH SCIENCE EDITOR IMOTIONS Autism was first recognized as a disorder in 1943, and is now known to affect around 1% of the population. The… Tags Autism, autism treatment, eye tracking, imotions Read more
New Study Shows Quantitative Benefits in Children With Autism, ADHD and Other Needs When Using The Listening Program Advanced Brain Technologies, creators of The Listening Program®, a provider of evidence-based music programs and products for improving brain function, today announced the publication of a new… Tags ADHD, auditory processing, Autism, Brain, jay lucker, learning disability, music listening therapy, neuroscience, occupational therapy, occupational therapy international, research, sadako vargus, The Listening Program, tlp Read more
New Research Article Offers Hope for Children with Autism and Auditory Hypersensitivity Advanced Brain Technologies, creators of The Listening Program®, a provider of neuroscience-based audio and music products for improving brain function, today announced a journal publication of… Tags ABA, ASD, auditory hypersensitivity, Autism, autism treatment, Brain, hyperacousis, misophonia Read more
New Research Demonstrates Efficacy of inTime to Help Children Overcome Learning Disabilities Advanced Brain Technologies, creators of The Listening Program®, a provider of evidence-based music programs and products for improving brain function, today announced publication of a groundbreaking study… Tags inTime, research, Russia Read more
Auditory Hypersensitivity in Children with Lyme Disease “Parents who have children with Lyme disease are very concerned with the impact of the disease on their children’s bodies. One factor that is not well addressed… Tags auditory hypersensitivity, auditory processing, jay lucker, listening therapy, loudness discomfort, lyme disease, systematic desensitization, The Listening Program Read more
New Study Suggest 100 Billion Synapses Are Key to Proper Neurological Processing How many neurons with synapses does the human body have? It’s a big number — about 100 billion. And it’s a big job that they command when… Tags Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Neurological Processing, Pasteur Institute, Synapses Read more
Pain Begins in the Brain: New Research Shows We Can Control It More than We Thought Many people have had the experience of hurting themselves, but not feeling any pain until they looked down and saw blood. Have you ever wondered why that… Tags Brain, Johns Hopkins, National Public Radio, NPR, Pain, science Read more
‘Super Agers’ Appear to Have More Oversize Brain Cells Than the Rest of Us Older people around the world are being encouraged to stave off memory loss and even Alzheimer’s by keeping their brains active — whether via crossword puzzles or… Tags Journal of Neuroscience, memory, research, Super Agers Read more
Can Smokers Cut Nicotine in the Nick of Time? Study Hints Restoration of Brain Cortex Possible There’s isn’t anyone left on the planet who could convincingly argue that smoking cigarettes is good for a person. But now new research adds more evidence to… Tags Brain, Cigarette, Cortex, Molecular Psychiatry, smoking Read more
Six Major Mental Disorders Tracked to Same Brain Regions, Treatments May Be Effective Across Spectrum While a host of serious mental health illnesses — from schizophrenia to depression — have historically been diagnosed by symptoms, a new study that locates them all… Tags depression, Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, Mental Disorders, research, schizophrenia, Stanford University Read more
Training the Brain to Smile Could Lead to Better Health, Better Moods, Even Better Career Success We’ve all seen our share of the ever-present smiley faces, but could there be something behind the smile that points straight up to the brain? While research… Tags Brain, Penn State University, research, smile Read more
Part 6: TAVS Assessment Series- Sound Localization, Where Am I? Many children and adults with auditory processing problems find it really difficult to be able to listen when there is any background noise in the environment. This… Tags assessment, Brain, lateralization, listening, reading, sound localization, stress, TAVS, test of auditory and visual skills Read more
Brain Cells: New Study Says Brains Show Signs of Cell Phone Dependence In 1943, Abraham Maslow’s “A Theory of Human Motivation” was published in a psychological journal. Since then, college students the world over have studied what is called… Tags cell phone, dependence, iPhone, University of Missouri School of Journalism Read more
Don’t Forget to Remember: Study Points to Ability of Brain to Store, Strengthen Memories It’s a classic moment in TV courtroom scenes. The opposing attorney stares down a witness and slyly asks: “The murder happened three years ago — haven’t you… Tags Harvard, memory, psychology, research Read more
Part 5: TAVS Assessment Series- Temporal Processing, Duration and Pitch Pattern Temporal processing is our perception of time for auditory signals reaching the brain. Clearly, within speech, music and other sound, ordering and processing the time element of… Tags assessment, attention, Brain, listening, reading, speech, TAVS, temporal processing, test of auditory and visual skills Read more
Part 4: TAVS Assessment Series- Pitch Discrimination We often do not fully recognize the importance of pitch perception. The links between pitch perception and our ability to sing in tune are widely known and… Tags assessment, bain, listening, pitch discrimination, reading, TAVS, test of auditory and visual skills Read more
Chocolate: Sweet to the Taste, Good for the Brain Some studies are revealing and paradigm-changing. Other studies are — well — good enough to eat. Now a new bit of research confirms what many have posited… Tags Brain, chocolate, cocoa flavanol, health, memory loss Read more
The Big Future: Can We Build a Better Brain? There is no constant except change, said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Now, researchers believe the future could very well change the human brain. A recent post at… Tags Brain, research Read more
Part 3: TAVS Assessment Series- Steady Beat Competency It is difficult to overstate the importance of beat competency for learning. A large amount of research over the last 20 years has consistently shown how beat competency… Tags assessment, beat competency, Brain, Cambridge, Harvard, learning, listening, rhythm, TAVS, test of auditory and visual skills Read more
Could Neurofeedback Obviate the Need for Drugs for Children Diagnosed with ADHD? Are drugs the best possible treatment for children diagnosed with ADHD? A new study aims to find out if and how Neurofeedback could mitigate the role of… Tags ADHD, Neurofeedback Read more
Study Confirms Early Childhood Language Delay is Marker for Autism Spectrum Disorder A new study has confirmed that language delay leaves a “signature” in the brain, primarily measured by differences in brain volume. It’s the primary signifier for Autism… Tags ASD, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brain, language, University of Cambridge Read more
Part 2: TAVS Assessment Series- Fusion Threshold and Auditory Temporal Processing There has been interest in the importance of fusion threshold as a measure of temporal resolution for a number of years. Temporal resolution, an element of temporal… Tags assessment, audiotry temporal processing, auditory processing disorder, Brain, fusion threshold, listening, reading, TAVS, test of auditory and visual skills Read more
University of Iowa Study Shows Diabetes Affects Young Brains and Detriment Caused by Blood Sugar Extremes Researchers are beginning to unravel many of the mysteries of diabetes and brain development. Now a new University of Iowa study suggests that not only do the… Tags American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes journal, brain development, brains, children, Diabetes, study, University of Iowa Read more
Desire to Smoke May Be in Your Head: Penn Medicine Study Shows Brain Activity Differs Between Successful Quitters and Relapsers Why do some people who want to quit smoking succeed and others fail? The problem could be “in their heads” — literally. A recent study conducted by… Tags Penn Medicine, research, smoking Read more
Part 1: TAVS Assessment Series- The Importance of Temporal Order Judgment In the 1970’s Paula Tallal showed that children with Specific Language Impairment had difficulty with the temporal ordering of auditory stimuli. Since then many other researchers have… Tags assessment, auditory processing disorder, Brain, dyslexia, reading, TAVS, temporal order judgment, test of auditory and visual skills Read more
Neuroscientists Make the Call: Smartphones Require Fingers, But Ultimately Change the Brain Using smartphones affects more than people’s behavior, it appears. While some research has shown that access to a smartphone can change social interactions, a new scientific study… Tags Brain, cell phones, mobile devices, research, University of Zurich Read more
Can Flexing Your Brain Give Your Muscles Some Mojo? Image credit: traineracademy.org As often as it gets said, there’s still nothing magical about “wishing on a shooting star.” It won’t help you get rich, become famous,… Tags Brain, Fitness, Journal of Neurophysiology, muscles, Ohio University, research Read more
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Research Show It’s in Our Heads, But Mostly Formed by Habits The “raison d’être” of neurological research is that — given enough time, dedication, and resources — the reasons for everything can eventually be mapped out. Now it… Tags Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, research, University of Cambridge Read more
Generosity Starts in the Brain, Say Researchers Studying the Giving Spirit in Children Does generosity have a neural component? It certainly appears so. Developmental neuroscientists at the University of Chicago recently conducted an experiment that leads them to believe there… Tags children, generosity, neuroscience, research, University of Chicago Read more
Finding the Perfect Balance: Both High and Low Blood Sugar Affect Brain Growth in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Children with Type 1 diabetes need special care and now more has been discovered that could help. Recently, researchers at Stanford found that children with the highest… Tags children, Stanford, Type 1 Diabetes Read more
Older Brains Aren’t Necessarily Slower, But They Could Be Trying to Take In Too Much Why does it seem more difficult for older people to master the Internet or navigate the ins and outs of a new mobile phone? While many think… Tags aging, aging brain, brain health, Brown University, elderly, learning, research, technology Read more
Understanding Alzheimer’s: New Imaging Study Indicates White Matter Health Essential to Cognitive Function of Gray Matter For a long time, brain researchers have believed that Alzheimer’s disease, which affects as many as 5 million Americans, could be caused by changes in the brain’s… Tags Alzheimers, Brain, brain health, Duke University Medical Center, gray matter, white matter Read more
Clues About Brain Activity Emerge from Harry Potter Study Harry Potter books may be good fun to read, but they also have provided new insight into what goes on inside the human brain when it digests… Tags brain activity, Carnegie Mellon University, CMU, Harry Potter, research Read more
The Football Brain: Why Athletes Shouldn’t Have Their Heads in the Game It’s something that many have known intuitively for some time, but now there’s more scientific evidence: football can damage the brain. A new study conducted at the… Tags BBB, blood-brain barrier, football, Traumatic Brain Injury Read more
Brain Stimulation Study Seeks to Help Stroke Victims More Fully Recover How does the brain attempt to recover from a stroke? Fascinating new research suggests that when one side of the brain is injured by stroke, the healthier… Tags NexStim, Stroke, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Read more
Not Home Alone: Neuroscientists Say We May Conjure Apparitions in Our Brains Ever have the feeling that you’re not alone? That there’s someone else in the room, the house? You may not be crazy at all (which is what… Tags ghosts, neuroscience, spirits, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Read more
Recess Isn’t Down Time, It’s Brain Time; Study Shows Movement and Play Impacts Childhood Intellectual Development It’s a recurring theme across the nation: add more hours to the school day, and eliminate “extracurriculars” like recess, gym class, music study, and other non-core curriculum.… Tags brain development, kidm research, play, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Read more
Don’t Blame the Bird for the Sleep Message in Your Brain Thanksgiving is the time of year to give thanks — and also, it appears, to place blame. Feel a tad tired after a mega-meal of roasted meat,… Tags Holidays, sleep, Thanksgiving, tryptophan, turkey Read more
The Canine Brain Connection: Humans Appear to be ‘Dog People’ For a Reason As every mother knows, there’s something special about seeing the faces of her own children. Chalk it up to an evolutionary protection scheme, or just the way… Tags Brain, canine, Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Comparative Medicine, research Read more
New Study Shows Myelin May be Necessary for Motor Learning A study released in October of this year and published in The Scientist shows that myelin, a fatty covering that surrounds and insulates neuronal axons, may play… Tags learning, motor development, motor learning, myelin Read more
Could a Brain Implant Make People Impervious to PTSD? If neuroscientists have learned anything in past decade, it’s that there’s a big difference between therapies that solve and therapies that merely mask symptoms. That’s the impetus… Tags DARPA, PTSD, SUBNETS, Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies Read more
Connections Between Brain Cells May Be Culprit in Many Diseases More is always better, right? Maybe not. In the case of synapses — the crucial connections between brain cells — both too many or too few may… Tags Brain, connection, disease, Princeton University, University of California-San Diego Read more
There’s Such a Thing as a Poker Face; Now Research Suggests There Are Poker Brains, Too We’ve all heard the expression, “He’s got a poker face.” That means that a person’s thoughts and emotions are well hidden behind a mask of inscrutability. Interestingly,… Tags Brain, European College of Neuropsychopathology, poker Read more
Sleep Study: To Earn an A, the Brain Needs Zzzz’s The latest wave of in-depth studies confirms that which many people already know: the human brain works best when it gets more sleep. Yes, some people require… Tags learning, memory, school, science, sleep Read more
Forget Google — The Brain May Have Its Own GPS System While Google is intent on mapping everything in your universe, it just so happens that your brain may have its own internal GPS system. Neuroscientists studying this… Tags Brain, Google, GPS, research, University College London Read more
This Little Piggy Went: ‘We Can Help You Understand the Infant Human Brain’ Everyone knows the old nursery rhyme. “This little piggy went to market; this little piggy stayed home …” Now researchers at the University of Illinois College of… Tags and Environmental Sciences, Consumer, human brain, pig, research, University of Illinois College of Agricultural Read more
‘Alzheimer’s in a Petri Dish’ Opens Exciting New Avenues for Research The statistics on Alzheimer’s disease, and the victims that it claims every year, are staggering. Scientists have been studying the devastating brain disease process for decades, but… Tags Alzheimers, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Fall Symposium, research Read more
Swedish Message: The Brain May Be Able to Produce New Nerve Cells After Stroke More than ten years ago, Swedish researchers were the first to demonstrate that stroke leads to the formation of new nerve cells from the adult brain’s own… Tags Brain, Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, research, Stroke Read more
Is The Brain Still Capable of Learning During Sleep? The Debate Continues It’s been a widely-held belief for ages that, when a person falls asleep, they don’t learn or think because their brain “turns off” while they are sleeping.… Tags Current Biology, debate, learning, sleep Read more
Curiosity May Have ‘Killed the Cat,’ But It Could Be a Boon to Earnest Learning We all know the expression “Curiosity killed the cat.” But a new study suggests that when it comes to acquiring and retaining information, it may provide a… Tags curiosity, Neuron, research Read more
The Language of the Brain: Delayed Verbal Development in Autism May Have Long-Lasting Effects As many people know, toddlers who don’t talk by the time they are two are often later diagnosed with autism. The acquisition of language and formation of… Tags Autism, neuroscience journal Cerebral Cortex, research, Verbal Development Read more
Diagnosing Autism: Unlocking the Science of the Brain Neuroscience is truly the new frontier. Understanding what the brain does — and what it can tell us if we look — is offering up a plethora… Tags Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, Autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, research Read more
The Incredible Shrinking Brain: Could Media Multitasking Be the Culprit? You are on your laptop, perusing the news. Your iPhone prompts you to check out a new Facebook post. Then your iPad alerts you that you have… Tags Brain, Multitaiskng, study, University of Sussex Read more
Early Cerebellum Injury Could Be Possible Cause of Autism Getting to the root of autism is an increasingly urgent objective of neuroscience researchers. Not only are autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often debilitating to sufferers, but the… Tags Autism, neuroscience, research Read more
Obesity Has Big Impact on the Brain Could losing weight give the brain a boost? The answer is yes, if researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo in Brazil… Tags neuroscience, obesity, School of Medicine at the University Read more
Researchers Discover Brain Remains Active While We Snooze Does the brain ever really rest? The answer is probably Yes. And also No. A team of researchers from Cambridge and Paris conducted a study that showed… Tags Brain, research, science, sleep Read more
Exercise May Help the Brain Combat or Cure Depression How far we’ve come. In the 1930s, Sigmund Freud asked his depression stricken patients to lie down on a couch. Now, a new study shows, the better… Tags depression, exercise, Seattle Children’s Research Institute Read more
How Hearing Loss Affects the Brain’s Ability to Communicate Hearing loss is a problem among many different populations. For example, it’s normal for the elderly to experience moderate to severe hearing loss as they age. Veterans… Tags American Auditory Society, communications, EAR and HEARING, Hearing Loss Read more
The Depressed Brain: Study Suggests Thinking About It Makes It Worse While French philosopher René Descartes recognized the cognitive capabilities of humankind in his famous proclamation “I think, therefore I am,” a new study suggests that perhaps depressed… Tags Brain, depression, study, University of Illinois at Chicago Read more
NSF ‘Granting’ Access to the Human Brain It’s no secret that the price of many drugs is greatly increased due to the extensive research costs that pharmaceutical companies incur before bringing a new drug… Tags EAGER, Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research, NSF Read more
Physical Activity Builds Bodies and Brains With the dramatic obesity problem facing youth in the United States today, boosting physical activity for children has become more critically important than ever. What many parents… Tags brain health, exercise, kids, physical education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Read more
Tufts’ 3D Brain-like Tissue Could Aid in Brain Research Sometimes to see the whole, one first must examine the parts — or even grow them. That’s one factor undergirding a recent research development at Tufts University… Tags Brain science, research, Tufts Read more
Memorization of Basic Facts May Help Students Master Math In educational circles, rote memorization often gets a bad rap. But there’s new research that suggests that — when it comes to mastering math — memorization of… Tags children, learning, math, Nature Neuroscience, neuroscientists, risk, Students, teenagers Read more
Vanderbilt Study: Parents of Children with Autism Benefit from Peer-Led Interventions Are mothers of children with autism and other disabilities most likely depressed, stressed, and sleep-deprived? Might there be interventions that could help? Most people asked those questions… Tags Autism, parents, research, Vanderbilt Read more
What Do Mice Hear and How Does It Work? Researchers Study Process with New Imaging Technique What do mice hear? And how? Getting to the crux of that could help scientists not only learn more about the auditory world of a mouse, but… Tags Brain, hearing, Johns Hopkins, mice, research Read more
Texas Researchers Studying How Loud Noise Affects the Brain It’s appropriate, perhaps, that the effect of loud noises is being studied by a group of researchers in Texas — where big things abound. Now scientists working… Tags Brain, noise, research, University of Texas at Dallas Read more
Stanford Study Reveals Inflexibility of Autistic Brain It’s a statement that every parent dreads hearing; “Your child has autism.” Unfortunately, it’s also a statement that’s being heard more frequently, as autism now affects one… Tags Autism, Autistic Brain, Stanford University School of Medicine Read more
New Research Shows Brain Signals Engagement with Stimuli Somewhere between The Walking Dead television series and a set of Superbowl commercials, researchers may have added substance to the supposition that what elicits responses from people… Tags Brain Signals, Jacek Dmochowski, research, Stanford University Read more
TLP Autism Research Published in Occupational Therapy International Research measuring the effect of The Listening Program®, shows promise for children with autism who suffer with auditory hypersensitivity. The results indicated a decrease in the number… Tags auditory hypersensitivity, occupational therapy, outcomes, research, The Listening Program Read more
inTime: Early Research Outcomes “In today’s hectic world, it is easy to become overwhelmed; inTime has helped me to think in a clearer and more organized way meaning I am less… Tags inTime, outcomes, research Read more
