What Is Brain Plasticity?
"The stuff that drives scientists into their laboratories instead of onto the golf links is the passion to answer questions, hopefully important questions, about the nature of nature. Getting a fix on important questions and how to think about them from an experimental point of view is what scientists talk about, sometimes endlessly. It is those conversations that thrill and motivate."-- Neuroscientist Michael GazzanigaAlvin Toffler, the noted author said, "The illiterates of the future are not those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn," but what happens inside of the human brain to foster those events commonly described as "learning

Overcoming Dyslexia
Overcoming DyslexiaDr. Sally Shaywitz offers new facts — and new hope — about how every young child can become a better reader.Kids who struggle with reading need extra help and lots of practice. At a Glance:• Reading problems often go undiagnosed until elementary school.• When young children get prompt, intensive help, they can master reading.• Kids with reading problems need to practice often; the brain learns from practice.• If your child is struggling, encourage him to do something he is good at, such as soccer or art. When a child struggles with reading, life can be hard: The ability, or inability, to