Thursday, March 09, 2006

The benefits of educational toys

The BBC has an article on the lasting effect of educational toys on the brain.

The research was based on spectacle wearing owls of all things and shows that skills learnt in childhood are retained and used in later life! It appears that experiences and problem solving in early years lead to a more 'plastic' brain that is more adaptable later in life.

The article can be found here.

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