Let the Drummer Kick

It takes time to develop reading and language…well, not just time. More specifically, it takes “timing.” Researchers at Northwestern University have linked a child’s ability to synchronize with a drummer to their reading fluency and language development, both of which form the basis for all future learning. So, what can you do to help children get their groove back? Check out the research to find out how rhythm and timing training might just be the key to unlock your child’s brain.

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Body Movement Selectively Shapes the Neural Representation of Musical Rhythms

Exciting research study from the Institute of Neuroscience, System and Cognition Department, the Universite Catholique de Louvain, and the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research. This study highlights the differences in brain responses (as measured by electroencephalography) before, during and after participants were moving to a rhythm.

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Rhythm Nation

So, you think you can dance? No, not the television show; can you actually dance? You have rhythm, we promise…well, maybe. Even if you can’t dance, your brain can keep a beat. It needs the beat. It needs rhythm, and the whole system relies on Neurotiming ®. Don’t believe us? Read more. Plus, find out why that new Iggy Azalea song is stuck in your brain.

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More Dietary Change: The US Mint, fireworks and your health

We have covered a lot about nutrition in the past few months, but that doesn’t mean we are anywhere near the end of our series on nutrition. As it turns out, you need a lot of stuff. All of those chemicals on the back on nutrition labels and vitamin packs might actually mean something after all. If you thought it was all vitamins and minerals, you forgot about the fine print. Onward! This time, eating fireworks and poison for your brain. Yum!

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