Category Archives: News

  MEDIA ADVISORY
     November 1, 2013 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781) 449-4010 x102 [email protected] ENGAGING 21ST CENTURY MINDS: USING TECHNOLOGY, NATURE, COGNITION & COLLABORATION FOR DEEPER LEARNING WHAT: Neuroscience and education researchers will present findings that show active, outdoor

  MEDIA ADVISORY
    April 24, 2013 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781) 449-4010 [email protected] EXECUTIVE SKILLS FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS: ENHANCING SELF-REGULATION, REASONING AND WORKING MEMORY WHAT: Neuroscience is finding that the frontal lobes of the brain, which regulate such functions as

  MEDIA ADVISORY
      April 1, 2013 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781)-449-4010 x102 [email protected] STUDENTS MINDSETS AND MOTIVATION: ATTITUDES, STRESS AND PERFORMANCE WHAT: Recent brain and educational research has found that certain character skills, such as persistence, resilience and optimistic mindsets,

TOP RESEARCHERS DISCUSS THE SCIENCE BEHIND CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION at the LEARNING & the BRAIN® CONFERENCE MEDIA ADVISORY February 1, 2013 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781)-449-4010 x 102 [email protected] EDUCATING FOR CREATIVE MINDS: USING BRIAN SCIENCE TO IGNITE INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION WHAT: At this

Learning & the Brain in the News November 21, 2012 — A pioneering researcher who studies the meaningful connection between the brain and the learning of mathematics has been awarded the fifth annual prize for “Transforming Education through Neuroscience.” The

MEDIA ADVISORY November 1, 2012 Contact: Daniel LaGattuta (917)-405-0412 [email protected] EDUCATING DIVERSE MINDS: USING INDIVIDUAL BRAIN DIFFERENCES TO TEACH AND REACH ALL LEARNERS WHAT: Neuroscience research has found that children’s brains are actually quite diverse and unique and that genes,

MEDIA ADVISORY APRIL 27, 2012 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781)-449-4010 x 102 [email protected] WEB-CONNECTED MINDS: HOW TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS BRAINS, TEACHING AND ATTENTION WHAT: Almost 1,000 neuroscientists, educators and technology experts will be meeting to explore how social networks and emerging digital technology are affecting

MEDIA ADVISORY APRIL 16, 2012 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781)-449-4010 x 102 [email protected] EMOTIONS AND EDUCATION: AFFECT, ANXIETY AND ACHIEVEMENT WHAT: This second annual one day symposium will bring neuroscientists and educators together to explore how emotions influence learning, engagement, memory

MEDIA ADVISORY February 1, 2012 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781)-449-4010 x 102 [email protected] EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD/STUDENT: USING BRAIN RESEARCH FOR SMARTER, HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER LEARNERS WHAT: Cognitive neuroscience and social science research is finding that the most successful students are

MEDIA ADVISORY November 1, 2011 Contact: Kristin Dunay (781)-449-4010 x 102 [email protected] PREPARING 21st CENTURY MINDS: BRAIN RESEARCH TO ENHANCE COGNITIVE SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE WHAT: Attendees will have the chance to hear more than 40 experts discuss how schools