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Sumowski, James F.; Wylie, Glenn R.; DeLuca, John; Chiaravalloti, Nancy – Brain, 2010
The cognitive reserve hypothesis helps to explain the incomplete relationship between brain disease and cognitive status in people with neurologic diseases, including Alzheimer's; disease and multiple sclerosis. Lifetime intellectual enrichment (estimated with education or vocabulary knowledge) lessens the negative impact of brain disease on…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Dementia, Diseases, Patients
Love, Kim – Children and Families, 1997
Outlines basic concepts about how the brain develops and considers how Head Start teachers and parents can take full advantage of the brain's multisensory learning approach to develop more effective ways to interact with children. Focuses on the critical developmental period for stimulating neurons and developing neural connections. Suggests…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development