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by Kristina Chew, PhD on August 9th, 2007

Those golden arches do look like fries……

From the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (august 2007) comes a study on “Effects of Fast Food Branding on Young Children’s Taste Preferences,” by Robinson et al: I’m not surprised that children tested preferred the fast food.
Gesticulation improves learning

I’ve written before about Charlie’s need to move while learning (http://www.autismvox.com/work-out-as-you-work/). Pure Pedantry notes that gesticulating can help students learn math better.