Our Brains Learn From Mistakes and Can Track Performance

Our Brains Learn From Mistakes and Can Track Performance

May 16, 2022 – Our ability to learn new things and adjust our approach based on failure and success can be credited to a multi-tasking group of neurons, or messenger cells in our brain, suggest the results of a series of new lab tests. The study findings, published in the journal Science, offer fresh insight … Read more

5 Mistakes Parents Make With Teens and Tweens

5 Mistakes Parents Make With Teens and Tweens

SOURCES: Richard M. Lerner, PhD, director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University, Medford, Mass. Robert Evans, EdD, executive director, The Human Relations Service, Wellesley, Mass. Amelia M. Arria, PhD, director, Center on Young Adult Health and Development, University of Maryland School of Public Health. News release, “Teens behaving badly? Negative … Read more

9 Diabetes Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Photo Credit: adamkaz / Getty Images SOURCES: John Morton, MD, medical director of bariatric surgery, Yale Medicine/Yale New Haven Health System; professor of surgery (gastrointestinal), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Jorge Moreno, MD, assistant professor of medicine; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Gail Nunlee-Bland, MD, chief of endocrinology; director, Diabetes Treatment … Read more