PsychCentral – Rick Nauert PhD
“New research suggests helping preschoolers improve memory may be a factor for success in primary school. A Canadian research team lead by Dr. Caroline Fitzpatrick discovered preschoolers who score lower on a memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale at the age of 12. “Identifying students who are at risk of eventually dropping out of high school is an important step in preventing this social problem,” said Fitzpatrick…The good news is that preschool activities can improve memory performance…Fitzpatick and the study’s other researchers, who are affiliated with the Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia and Université de Montréal, have suggestions for how parents can help kids improve their memory.”(more)