Research on Brain Development Archives - Waldorf Research Institute https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/category/research-on-brain-development/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:51:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Are young people becoming addicted to social media and the internet? https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/are-young-people-becoming-addicted-to-social-media-and-the-internet/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/are-young-people-becoming-addicted-to-social-media-and-the-internet/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:51:10 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1870
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Are the internet and social media addictive, especially for the young? Read on!

Are young people becoming addicted to social media and the internet? Here’s what the research has found

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/are-young-people-becoming-addicted-to-social-media-and-the-internet/feed/ 0 Drawing Pictures Is Great for Children’s Development https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/drawing-pictures-is-great-for-childrens-development/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/drawing-pictures-is-great-for-childrens-development/#respond Mon, 29 May 2023 18:38:20 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1855
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Waldorf students draw pictures every day of their school life in Waldorf Schools! Read how neuroscience demonstrates the power of this practice.

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]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/drawing-pictures-is-great-for-childrens-development/feed/ 0 World Health Organization Recommends No More Than One Hour of Screen Time for Most Children Under 5 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/world-health-organization-recommends-no-more-than-one-hour-of-screen-time-for-most-children-under-5/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/world-health-organization-recommends-no-more-than-one-hour-of-screen-time-for-most-children-under-5/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:19:57 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1437 The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its strong opinion that child under 5 should have no screen time (or no more than and hour) along with adequate sleep, quiet time and other recommendations we all appreciate! Read here:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2019/04/world_health_organization_issues_guidelines_on_screen_time_among_children_under_5.html

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/world-health-organization-recommends-no-more-than-one-hour-of-screen-time-for-most-children-under-5/feed/ 0 Multicosts of Multitasking https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/multicosts-of-multitasking/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/multicosts-of-multitasking/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:00:08 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1431
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The Dana Foundation, host of the important research from 2007, Learning Arts and the Brain, reports on findings about the high costs of multitasking.

http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/2019/Multicosts_of_Multitasking/

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/multicosts-of-multitasking/feed/ 0 Science Says Silence is Vital for Our Brains https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/science-says-silence-is-vital-for-our-brains/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/science-says-silence-is-vital-for-our-brains/#respond Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:49:11 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1379 “Silence is golden,” the saying goes. Research reveals that silence might just be essential!

Read about it here:

https://www.enlightened-consciousness.com/science-says-silence-is-vital-for-our-brains/

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/science-says-silence-is-vital-for-our-brains/feed/ 0 Is Screen Time Bad for Kids’ Brains? https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/is-screen-time-bad-for-kids-brains/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/is-screen-time-bad-for-kids-brains/#respond Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:03:48 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1369 https://youtu.be/_J3u6yRSNSU

A study featured on “60 Minutes” is sure to alarm parents. Here’s what scientists know, and don’t know, about the link between screens, behavior, and development.

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]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/is-screen-time-bad-for-kids-brains/feed/ 0 The Diminishing Role of Art in Children’s Lives https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/the-diminishing-role-of-art-in-childrens-lives/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/the-diminishing-role-of-art-in-childrens-lives/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:10:18 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1362 Think the arts are not necessary in child’s upbringing and healthy psychological development? Think again!
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/the-diminishing-role-of-art-in-childrens-lives/532674/

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/the-diminishing-role-of-art-in-childrens-lives/feed/ 0 The Brain — A Mediating Organ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/the-brain-a-mediating-organ/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/the-brain-a-mediating-organ/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:58:07 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1360 Thomas Fuchs delineates the nature of the brain and its development:
https://eliant.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Conference2017/The_Brain_-_A_Mediating_Organ.pdf

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/the-brain-a-mediating-organ/feed/ 0 A neuroscientist explains what tech does to the reading brain https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/a-neuroscientist-explains-what-tech-does-to-the-reading-brain/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/a-neuroscientist-explains-what-tech-does-to-the-reading-brain/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:13:25 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1347 The impact of reading on screen is described by a neuroscientist.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/27/17787916/reader-come-home-maryanne-wolf-neuroscience-brain-changes

]]> https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/a-neuroscientist-explains-what-tech-does-to-the-reading-brain/feed/ 0 Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/surgery-students-losing-dexterity-to-stitch-patients/ https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/surgery-students-losing-dexterity-to-stitch-patients/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:36:01 +0000 https://www.waldorfresearchinstitute.org/?p=1327 For those who might think handwork and handwriting are useless in school, here’s a doctors lament that manual dexterity is in decline in new medical students, as a result of screen time instead of hands-on craft time, rendering them now so able in the operating room.
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46019429

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