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The evidence to support brain-training programs is too thin to be trialling them in our school system. Brain image from www.shutterstock.com

‘Brain-Training’ … or learning, as we like to call it

By Anne Castles and Genevieve McArthur

The Catholic Education Office in Sydney has announced that from 2013 it will trial the controversial Arrowsmith Program for children with learning difficulties. Arrowsmith is one of a number of “brain…
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It’s obvious: better referee performance is better for players and better for spectators. Right? AAP Image/Joe Castro

Sports referees should take performance-enhancing drugs

By Bob Stewart, Victoria University and Simon Outram, Victoria University

Late last week football (soccer) website football365.com reported that FIFA, the international governing body for the world game, is considering forcing referees to pass fitness tests prior to games…

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