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Standardized tests play a major role throughout education. While these assessments are designed to measure cognitive abilities and academic skills in a consistent way, performance on standardized tests is influenced by factors excluding ability alone. Anxiety, motivation, cultural background, and prior experiences with testing can all shape outcomes.
Recovery from a brain injury is often viewed as a physical process. Yet for many, the most life altering changes are the ones no one can see. Even after being medically “cleared,” many notice their thinking feels different. They describe feeling foggy,
Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS), also known as Juvenile Fibromyalgia (whole-body pain) or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (regional pain), is a complex and immensely painful condition that causes widespread pain in children and adolescents that cannot be explained by injury or illness alone.
At times we may see our children struggling in school whether behaviorally, social-emotionally, or academically and as parents, want to be proactive. However, we find that rather than schools providing special education services they are discussing things like providing services within the general education classroom and through Response to Intervention (RTI) before they consider testing for special education services.
Absence seizures, sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures, are brief but frequent interruptions in awareness that can have significant ripple effects on a person’s daily functioning. While they are most often seen in children between the ages of four and fourteen,
To all new up and coming neuropsychological residents/fellows, consider the following points in your application process to whatever national program you are seeking. You will need them in view of the competitive market besides being a valuable prospective for life success.
In a prior blog post on the process of habit change, the idea of “top down control” was introduced as a fancy term for willpower. Top down control explains the neuroscience behind long-term habit change. By default, our subconscious, reflexive brain is in the driver’s seat steering our daily behaviors.
Presently in 2025, people aged 65 and older now outnumber children under 5. This statistic is according to the United Nations. At first, this seems like a good thing when considering people born in 1900 never lived past 50. However, as we get older,
Do you know anyone who doesn’t have a single habit that they wouldn’t want to change? Probably not – most people say they want to exercise more, eat healthier, try meditating, read more and doom scroll less, cut down on vaping or drinking,
If your child frequently has intense emotional outbursts that seem extreme for their age, you may be wondering if something deeper is occurring. One possible explanation is Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), a condition that involves chronic irritability and severe temper outbursts in children and teens.