Medical books and journals once were the only place to find images of the brain. As science and technology have advanced, photos capturing the brain’s complexities are now available to nonscientists through newspapers, magazines, the Internet and books like Seymour Simon’s The Brain. Image of real brain picture used by a classroom teacher.  The picture shows how her student marked […]

Storytelling has long been used as a teaching tool, but the outcomes have been difficult to measure. A new study shares an evaluation method that validates results and could be applied to future BrainWise research.    Scientists used psychophysiological (mind/body) measures to study the effect of storytelling and riddle-based games on children hospitalized in intensive care […]

BrainWise graduates are undaunted by Fake News – they use the 10 Wise Ways to help stem the flood of misinformation and practice good decision-making. This complements research on remedies found to halt the spread of false news: Scientists have identified thinking skills as an antidote for  people who unknowingly accept false, incomplete, or deceptive information as truth.   Social […]