Our newsletter this month gives a glimpse into the wonderful impact that neuroscience research is having on education and our lives.

Be sure to catch Bill Jenkins speaking this month in London and Ireland. His insights on brain plasticity and auditory processing will let you see clearly the practical applications of neuroscience.

Also look at Sir Ken Robertson on creativity. He is the equal of many a television entertainer and better that most.

Finally do contact us to get details on our new Fast ForWork training courses.

Addressing Literacy through Neuroscience. This article is packed full with information on cognitive neuroscience.

Click here to read  http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=7812&snItemNumber=950&tnItemNumber=1995

The talks will take place as follows

Cork:  UCC, Kane Building, College road entrance
Monday 23rd April 2007, 7:30 pm
Admission Eur25

Dublin:  Stillorgan Park Hotel
Tuesday 24rd April 2007, 7:30 pm
Admission Eur25

London: Lancaster Hall Hotel
Wednesday 25th April 2007, 6:30 pm
35 Craven Terrace
London W2 3EL
(between Paddington Station and Lancaster Gate Station)
Admission £20

For further details see http://www.neuron.ie/lecture_wmj07.htm

A proneness to becoming distracted and an inability to filter out irrelevant information could be one of the root causes of dyslexia, according to a new study.

The investigation by a group of university researchers suggested that children who cannot properly distinguish data that can be ignored from important information could have problems identifying letters and word sounds.
Anne Sperling of the National Institute of Mental Health in the US and co-author of the study said that deep-lying problems, which affect all areas of perception, could be at the root of dyslexia.
"It's harder to make a [language] task automatic when your categories are fuzzier than they ought to be to begin with," Ms Sperling added.
"In terms of treatment, the results suggest that programs that foster the development of sharper perceptual categories for letters and letter sounds might be a good way to supplement existing dyslexia interventions."
One of the possible treatment strategies suggested by the study was for children to be taught and trained under noisy conditions to help strengthen their mental templates and categories for recognising incoming information.
It is currently estimated that between five and 15 per cent of children are affected by dyslexia.

Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative. He is a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this entertaining webcast talk, he makes a profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.

Very interesting and entertaining. Click here to view. http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson&flashEnabled=1