STREET CHILDREN, POOR TOUCH EDUCATION & PUTTING ATTENTION

Putting the Poor First

Putting the Poor First

Putting a finishing touch on GECIs

More than a decade ago genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) entered the stage as new promising tools to image calcium dynamics and neuronal activity in living tissues and designated cell types in vivo. From a variety of initial designs two have emerged as promising prototypes for further optimization: FRET (Förster Resonance Energy Transfer)-based sensors and single fluorophore sensor...

Somatosensation: Putting Touch On the Map

A new study takes a significant step towards uncovering the mechanisms that put tactile events on the brain's spatial map by establishing a causal link between attention-related parietal alpha oscillatory activity and the external spatial coding of touch.

Evidence of poor planning in children with attention deficits.

This study examined the planning performance of children with attention deficits, and also investigated the possible interactions between inattention and anxiety in the performance of executive function tasks. A group of 98 children (grades 4 and 6), derived from an initial group of 550, were assigned to an attention difficulties group (AD) and a control group (n = 49 each) based on their score...