Complex cognition and individual variability: a mixed methods study of the relationship between creativity and executive control.

One of the methodological challenges of educational neuroscience is understanding real world cognition in the multifaceted environment of the classroom. Complex cognition does not simplify to (which might be satisfactorily measured in the lab) but to sets of activities, likely to vary between individuals, which involve the iterative use of multiple processes, as well as the environment, over an extended period of time. As such, studying complex cognition requires methodological flexibility; any single method is unlikely to provide complete answers.

Is Classroom Noise Always Bad for Children? The Contribution of Age and Selective Attention to Creative Performance in Noise.

Creativity is considered an important skill in learning but little is known about the environmental factors affecting it in classroom settings. Extending adult findings, this study assessed whether moderate multi-talker noise promotes children's creativity, and whether this is modulated by children's age, working memory, and selective attention. Forty-four elementary school children between 5 and 11 years of age, divided into younger and older age groups, participated in this within-subjects' study.

Nurses using volumetric bladder ultrasound in the pediatric ED.

A painless method to guide the timing of catheterization.