Topic: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
isnare | 2009-08-29 19:39:42
You probably won?t believe it, but new research says it?s true - the video games you, your kids (or grandkids) are playing might actually benefit the older brain - helping it stay sharp and able to multitask, an ability that diminishes as we age.
Research has already shown that mental stimulation not only improves brain function, but it also helps ...
AP News | 2009-02-27 01:41:48
A copy of an advertisement provided by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows an ad that will be published in the student newspaper the Daily Illini in March 2009. The U.S. State Department and universities around the country ...
BusinessWeek | 2008-10-31 16:01:27
IT PAYS TO BE FRIENDLY
Add this to the debate about standardized tests in schools: A new study concludes that social skills can be a better predictor of future earnings than test scores are. Christy Lleras, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sociologist, analyzed data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, tracking 11,000 students from 10th grade ...
