Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab

The Blackbird Academy
2806 Azalea Place

The Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab is located on Peabody campus at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

The Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab investigates the neural correlates of learning in children, or Educational Neuroscience (sometimes referred to as Educational Cognitive Neuroscience). In particular, we seek to understand why some children are successful at learning to read, while others are not. Our research projects focus on intervention, reading comprehension, and Neurofibromatosis

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Please contact us if you are interested in any of our studies!

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Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab The Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab is located on Peabody campus at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

Kennedy Krieger Giving: Share Khai's Success Story

05/31/2012

A success story from Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab
http://helpkids.kennedykrieger.org/patients/khai.html

Kennedy Krieger Giving: Share Khai's Success Story "Come here, I want to show you something," Khai Walker calls upstairs to his father. His fingers flash across a video game controller as he maneuvers a pixilated basketball player down the court. His father, Kenith, sticks his head into the room and Khai, with a few precise key strokes, guides the p...

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A visit to our Mock Scanner!

Attention Surplus? Re-examining a Disorder - New York Times

05/31/2012

A New York Times article on our Research
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/health/07essa.html?_r=4

Attention Surplus? Re-examining a Disorder - New York Times In many situations of hands-on activities or activities that reward spontaneity, attention-deficit disorder is not really a disorder.