THE NEW SCIENCE OF LEARNING: Brain Fitness for Kids
Tuesday, September 8 at 9:30 p.m.
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A child’s brain is an amazing structure: flexible, powerful, and able to learn, process, create and dream. The more we discover about the brain, the more we are able to affect how children use their brains, and thus improve their potential for the future.
Just as exercise of the body promotes physical fitness, so does the proper exercise of the mind promote brain fitness. The latest neuroscience has shown how plastic the brain actually is; the input we receive actually creates physical or "neuroplastic" changes in the brain. In short, we can train this amazing structure to help children become more fit and ready for lifelong learning–and the earlier in life we start with such exercise, the better.
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I'm wanting to watch the program The New Science of Learning: Brain fitness for kids. Is there a way to view this again? Do I need to purchase it? Thank you.
This program will air again on Sun, 10/18/2009, at 9:00 am.