Latest news, articles and research in cognitive development.
2/6/2026
Hardware vs. Software Think of school subjects (Math, Physics, Coding) as software. Think of cognitive functions (Memory, Attention, Processing Speed) as hardware. You cannot run the latest heavy software on an old computer with low RAM and a slow processor. It will crash. Similarly, you cannot teach advanced STEM concepts to a child with poor working memory or low concentration span. They will burn out.
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2/6/2026
The Inhibitory Deficit Attention is not just the ability to focus; it is the ability to ignore distractions. This requires "inhibitory neurons"—the brakes of the brain. In fact, half of our synapses are designed to stop signals, not send them.
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2/6/2026
The Golden Window This period is the "golden window" for building the cognitive foundation. If we fail to provide complex, challenging, and novel stimuli during these years, the brain will optimize itself for "low-energy" tasks—like scrolling TikTok.
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2/6/2026
It's Not Just the Pandemic While COVID-19 played a role, the decline started long before 2020. The root cause lies deeper. We are trying to teach "digital-native" children using 19th-century methods, ignoring the profound changes in how their brains process information.
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2/6/2026
The "Black Box" Problem For too long, the child's brain has been a "black box." We feed information in (curriculum) and hope for intelligence out (grades). But we rarely measure what happens inside:
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