Radon Gas in Homes May Affect How Children's Brains DevelopA study of 118 children found connections between radon levels in their homes and changes in brain activity patterns tied to attention.Read The Article
How Gait Training May Change Brain Activity in PeopleA study of 29 people with cerebral palsy found that a gait training program incorporating visuomotor tasks was associated with changes in occipital cortical activity and improvements in walking speedRead The Article
How Children Learn to Listen: Boys Town Researchers StudyA new study found that children develop awareness of some speech cues as they get older, and that current models for predicting speech understanding in kids may need to be updatedRead The Article
How Does the Brain Get Better at Solving New Problems?The largest study of its kind found that specific brain regions mediate age-related improvements in fluid reasoning in children and adolescents ages 8 to 15Read The Article
Research Shows Hearing Aids Reduce Listening EffortA Boys Town study of 33 school-age children found that hearing aids lowered the cognitive effort of listening to speech in noisy environments. This finding shows that the benefits of wearing hearing aids extend beyond improved access to sound.Read The Article
The Brain Skill That Predicts School and Life SuccessBoys Town researchers found that cognitive flexibility in kindergarten and first grade directly forecasts behavioral outcomes in second grade and beyondRead The Article
Want Your Child to Learn Better? Get Them Moving.Boys Town researchers found that physical activity integrated into learning sessions significantly improves word retention in childrenRead The Article
Why Anxiety and Irritability Are Tougher TogetherBoys Town researchers found that when anxiety and irritability co-occur in young people, they are associated with distinct patterns of brain activity that may help inform future treatment approaches.Read The Article