Perceptual learning or using our senses to learn about the world around us. It is usually taken for granted that everyone perceives...

If you have read through the older Blogs you know how critical I am towards too much screen-time. However, I think it is also high time...

While looking for some additional information and videos to share with our clients and friends (YOU!) we came across this fantastic TEDx...

Today, we want to give you some guidelines on which situations that make it difficult for your eyes to perform you should try to avoid....

It was a great pleasure to be participant at the International Orthoptic Association (IOA) Congress and a privilege to be an invited speaker at the International Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council (IPOSC) in Rotterdam at the end of the last month. Professionally one gains lots of confidence and courage by knowing to be part of the internationally recognized and reputable profession that includes 26 countries with 14,500 members. Having that form of a professi

Below you can find an extract of an article published in June 2015 in the Straits Times about the importance of outdoor playtime. It has lost none of its relevance - on the contrary. The amount of work (and play) we all do in front of screens and books has increased dramatically over the last few years. I very often see parents who are so concerned that their kids do not do well at school. So they get them to study harder, get tuition and spend yet more time in front of bo

It is often said that our eyes are our windows to the world and portals to the SOUL. With the work I have done with thousands of children...

I have the pleasure to be speaking at the International Orthoptic Congress in Rotterdam this year on application of orthoptic eye...

The term stems from a parable recorded in Matthew 25:29 (with the maxim resulting from it that 'the rich get richer, the poor get poorer'). It was used in the scientific field to describe how, when two scientists do the same work or research independently, the more well-known scientist usually gets the credit for it. In education, the term "Matthew effect" has been adopted by psychologist Keith Stanovich[1] to describe a phenomenon observed in research on how new readers ac

Today, I want to pick up on an article I saw on 8 February in the Straits Times titled 'Children learn better from people than screens'....

Do you see a rabbit or a duck? The speed in which you can flip between the two images says a lot about your neural plasticity. Not all of...

Having just seen this video we would like to share it with you. They put teachers to the test: what would you do if you eyes did not send...

A picture tells more than a thousand words.... we are always looking for new pictures and information to share with you. And by doing...

I have been following Sumiko Tan's features for a long time as I find them very entertaining and as I can relate to them very well. They...

Spring Break is upon us and I will be away from 28 March to 8 April, attending a course on neural development. I look forward to coming...

We just read this article in the Straits Times. How encouraging that more and more children (and adults) are now getting help for...

Today, we want to share this very interesting article in the telegraph with you. Web addiction is becoming a very big problem across the...

Why are you not able to sleep immediately and well after the use of screens, particularly a computer? What happens to your child after...

As the Year of the Ram comes to an end, we are excitedly looking into the future. And we hope you do, too!

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