Brain Briefs: Answers to the Most (and Least) Pressing Questions about Your Mind
Why do we love kitten videos so much? Does time speed up as we get older? Should we play brain games? Can we make ourselves happy? Art Markman and Bob Duke, hosts of the popular Austin-based KUT radio show and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, are here to answer all your questions about how the brain works and why we behave the way we do. Featuring the latest empirical findings, this is science served up in fun and revelatory bite-size bits, along with a complete set of references for further study.
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The Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve the
quality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND
Reading Study Group was charged with developing a research agenda to
address the most pressing issues in literacy and the teaching of
reading.