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Brain teaser: is there really such a thing as left and right?

Have you heard people say creative people are ‘right brained’ or scientists are ‘left brained’? Maybe you’ve even looked at your toddler and wondered what kind of brain they’ve got. But is it true that our interests and personality are decided by which side of our brains dominates?

First things first – is the left side of our brain logical and the right side creative and emotional?

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Emotions – innate or constructed – what can you do when scientists don’t agree?

Sometimes the science of child development is presented to us as if researchers agree, but often there is debate about how we understand our children’s learning and development. One area where there is some disagreement is about if we’re born with a core set of emotions or if they are made as a result of our experiences. The question is an interesting one, and the good news is that these different understandings share similar ideas about how we can support our children.

The classic view of emotion

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We don’t have three brains – find out more about your toddler’s brain

If you’ve ever googled brain development you might have come across articles that refer to the triune model of the brain, or that describe us as having a lizard brain which takes over when we feel scared or threatened. As neuroscientists learn more about our brains, this way of understanding the brain has been questioned – read on to find out more.

We don’t have a lizard brain

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A different side to your baby's memory

Have you noticed that your baby remembers how to do things? This is one aspect of their ever-increasing memory skills.

Defining memory

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