December 14, 2011
Like it or not, most people take work home with them. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a neuroscientist and educational psychologist at USC, takes inspiration from home to work.
Dissecting four poems written by her daughter Nora… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: art, article, brain, children, education, mary helen immordino-yang, natural sciences, neuroscience, paper, poem, poetry, psychology, publication, social sciences, writing
December 1, 2006
The dyslexic brain struggles to read because even small distractions can throw it off, according to a new model of dyslexia emerging from a group of recent studies.
The studies contradict an influential, 30-year-old theory… more>
categories: undergraduate, research
tags: children, dyslexia
September 1, 2006
Meet Joseph. He turned 18 this summer. In the fall, this honor student will be attending a very selective university on a baseball scholarship. An ever-inquisitive child, he showed an early aptitude for math and science and… more>
categories: undergraduate, research
tags: children, psychology, virtual reality