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maggiedail
Apr 8, 20222 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 14
Since all kinds of activities change the brain, as seen by brain mapping, cultured activities are no exception. “…the brain and genetics...
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maggiedail
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Family Academy Offers Courses That Build Learning Skills
In our world of massive visual stimuli, weak auditory processing skills comprise a major contributing factor to learning difficulties. ...
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maggiedail
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Family Academy Offers Online Training Courses for Home Educators
Homeschooling Basics is an online mini course for those new to homeschooling and seeking to know more offered partnership with Multnomah...
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maggiedail
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Family Academy Offers Homeschool Assessments
Does your state require testing of some kind for homeschoolers? Do you want to know how well your children are learning? Do you want...
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maggiedail
Apr 1, 20223 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 13
In Chapter 11, Dr. Doidge introduces us to Michelle Mack, a 29-year-old who was born with only the right hemisphere of her brain. At...
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maggiedail
Apr 1, 20222 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 12
In this chapter, Doidge introduces us to ninety-year-old Dr. Stanley Karansky. After retiring at 70 years old, Karansky retrained himself...
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maggiedail
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Reading Is Like Driving a Car
Once I watched a recorded webinar given by Terri Noland, Vice President, Educator Initiatives of Learning Ally and hosted by EdWeb.com:...
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maggiedail
Mar 25, 20223 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 11
In this chapter, Doidge introduces us to another eminent neuroscientist, Alvaro Pasqual-Leone. Pasqual-Leone, born in Valencia, Spain in...
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maggiedail
Mar 18, 20221 min read
A Book Review – God’s Design for Life – The Animal Kingdom by Debbie and Richard Lawrence
Debbie and Richard Lawrence prepared this book, The Animal Kingdom, as a part of the God’s Design for Life for elementary aged...
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maggiedail
Mar 18, 20222 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 10
In Chapter 7, Doidge introduces us to an M.D. whose specialty is neurology, but who also has a Ph.D. in psychology. Though from India,...
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maggiedail
Mar 18, 20223 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 9
In this chapter, Doidge introduces us to the work of Jeffrey M. Schwartz: OCD – obsessive, compulsive disorder plagues individuals in...
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maggiedail
Mar 11, 20224 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 8
“Stroke is a sudden, calamitous blow. The brain is punched out from within. A blood clot or bleed in the brain’s arteries cuts off oxygen...
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maggiedail
Mar 11, 20222 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 7
Doidge explores neuroplasticity related to love and sex. “The brain structure that regulates instinctive behavior, including sex, called...
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maggiedail
Mar 4, 20224 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 6
Redesigning the Brain - Part 3 Finally, we complete the review of this chapter: According the “localizationists” and those who believed...
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maggiedail
Mar 4, 20223 min read
Homeschool Annual Assessments: 12 Questions to Ask Potential Test Administrators
Home educators must consider important questions regarding the issue of academic testing. Ask and answer these questions as you prepare...
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maggiedail
Mar 4, 20223 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 5
Redesigning the Brain - Part 2 To continue our survey of the work of Michael Merzenich, PhD, Doidge tells of Merzenich’s next experiment....
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maggiedail
Feb 25, 20225 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 4
Redesigning the Brain - Part 1 In this chapter, Doidge introduces Michael Merzenich to us. His work has produced a cochlear implant for...
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maggiedail
Feb 25, 20223 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 3
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D. Chapter 1: A Woman Perpetually Falling…Rescued by the Man Who Discovered the...
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maggiedail
Feb 18, 20224 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 2
n this chapter, Dr. Norman Doidge introduces us to a very interesting individual – an important piece in the quest to use neuroplasticity...
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maggiedail
Feb 18, 20222 min read
The Brain That Changes Itself - 1
We now embark on another journey in Brain Research by reading through: The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D. (Penquin...
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