
A new study has found that a kid who has suffered a concussion – even a mild one – is 15% less likely to go on to higher education in adulthood. It highlights the long-term impact of traumatic brain injury on learning, regardless of severity.

Studies have uncovered that each successive head injury increases the risk of dementia.
Marc Milstein • The Age-Proof Brain
Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure: associations with better cognitive performance, mental well-being and brain structure in young adolescence | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
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This study has shown that some form of hearing loss is common after minor head injury and it should be evaluated in all patients to detect subclinical hearing loss. A significant number of patients having minimal and mild degree of hearing loss, which if managed properly, improve to preinjury status. DpOAE testing should be used as screening and fo
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In 2007, the U.S. Department of Education published a report by six scientists and an accomplished teacher who were asked to identify learning strategies that truly have scientific backing. Spacing, testing, and using making-connections questions were on the extremely short list. All three impair performance in the short term.
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One of the most robust findings in sport psychophysiology, at least from a group data perspective, is the association between left hemisphere alpha (8- to 13-Hz activity from sites on the left of the brain) and good performance in a variety of sports, including target sports (e.g. shooting: Hatfield, Landers, & Ray. 1984; archery: Landers, Petr
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