FeaturedPsychology·September 14, 2017·3 min readExpressive Writing Cools Brain on Stressful Tasks for WorriersUsing EEG to measure brain activity, Michigan State University researchers discover expressive writing can help those who worry excessively to calm their fears before entering into a stressful task.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 25, 2017·5 min readToddlers Begin Learning Rules of Reading and Writing at Very Early AgeA new study reveals that by the age of three, children are already starting to follow complex rules and patterns that govern how letters fit together to make words.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 5, 2017·3 min readWriting in RhythmA new study focuses on how children learn to write. Quantifying pen movements revealed a process of learning distinct temporal patterns of movement that differentiate a set of features for each symbol.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 17, 2017·4 min readExpressive Writing Can Help Wounds Heal FasterA new study reports that for those who wrote emotionally about previous stressful events prior to having a skin biopsy healed faster than those who wrote about factual events.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 3, 2017·5 min readWhen Writing Interferes with HearingNeuroimaging technology can help determine the success of failure possibilities of cochlear implants for those who lose their hearing during adulthood.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 3, 2016·3 min readPinpointing How The Brain Controls Our Written WordsResearchers study stroke survivors who have lost the ability to spell in order to pinpoint the parts of the brain that control how we write words.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 5, 2015·4 min readHow the Brain Separates Our Ability to Talk and WriteResearchers find it is possible to damage the speaking part of the brain but leave the writing part unaffected.Read More