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Our latest blog post is written by me with the wonderful Sue Fletcher-Watson, a colleague whose intellectual excellence is only exceeded...

Over the past decade the young field of cognitive training – sometimes referred to as ‘brain training’ – has expanded rapidly. In our lab...

Children learn an incredible amount whilst at school. Many fundamental skills that typical adults perform effortlessly like reading and...

Downloadable radio programmes, called podcasts, have been around since the first bricklike iPods in the early 2000s. Thanks to global...

The days are getting shorter, leaves are starting to fall, and a new season of the Great British Bake Off is upon us. We watched as this...

Working memory, the ability to hold things in mind and manipulate them, is very important for children and is closely linked to their...

See my full review at the Mental Elf blog: https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/adhd/neurofeedback-for-adhd-in-children/...

I had the immense privilege to attend the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) in Geneva last week. OHBM is...

Many children struggle with learning particular skills despite good access to learning opportunities. For instance, some children...

“Spend 5-10 minutes lying down, make yourself comfortable, and keep your eyes open. Be still. Don’t think of anything specific” These are...

Obesity is a growing problem in developed countries. In the UK, a recent WHO studied indicated that one in four adults is obese (WHO...

“Pardon, comment dit-on en Francais?” – I tried hard to learn French to keep up with the bilingual son of close friends, but failed...

See my full review at the Mental Elf blog: https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/adhd/stimulants-reduce-risk-of-injuries-in-ch...

A question closely tied to the issue of prescribing ADHD medication is the actual growth of the disorder. Media reports have cited...

The use of Ritalin to treat ADHD has become a highly contentious issue over the past decade. Part of this contention stems from a marked...

The Great British Bake-off has quickly become a fixture in the cultural life of the UK. For a few weeks the country is obsessed with the...

See my full review at the Mental Elf blog: https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/adhd/school-interventions-for-adhd/ Attention...

You are driving to the house of a friend, and you are getting directions from a GPS. “Drive to the end of the road, turn right, drive...

Developmental disorders like attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD), autism spectrum disorder...

The short answer to that question is ‘yes’. We have known for some time that training particular cognitive skills, like working memory,...