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The concept of building a ‘mental muscle’ in pupils has been challenged by recent research - so what are the best approaches for improving focus in the classroom?

In a multilingual corpus of child-directed songs, an analysis of the cumulative-compressibility of the lyrics reveals multiscale complexity patterns that could support different relevant fuctions, e.g...

How can we capture children's attention? By Dr. Gemma Goldenberg and Professor Sam Wass

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See below for a PhD opportunity funded by ESRC UBEL Doctoral and Training Pathway Scheme and Procter & Gamble, based mainly at www.uelbabydev.com in London with regular visits to P&G labs in Germany. ...

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Find out what Frank Cottrell-Boyce took from his visit to the University of East London's Baby Lab, where he watched what happens to a baby's brain when they're read to.

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