Earliest brain development. Lost Stories: Sheldrake Island. Stressed for success. Atari to Zelda.

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• Numerous media join continuing coverage of new research into how fetus placement in the womb and other features of the in utero environment can help determine the development of brain processes. The study was carried out by Linda Booij, associate professor of psychology in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science, and researchers from various Quebec institutions, including Sainte-Justine. It was published in Human Brain Mapping: Business Standard, Bio Science Technology, India Today, India.com, Outlook India, India Live Today, Daijiworld, Can-India, Ummid.com, True Viral News.
• Ronald Rudin, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, is interviewed for CBC Saint John's 'Information Morning' about the project to commemorate the 19th century leper colony on Sheldrake Island, at the mouth of New Brunswick's Miramichi River. The initiative is part of Rudin's 'Lost Stories' project to mark the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. The audio file and accompanying text story are linked by My Informs and the text is reprised by Yahoo! News. 
• University Herald picks up coverage of a Concordia study of student performance, led by Erin Barker, assistant professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development. The study described how occasional negative moods can impact positively on a person's performance at school.
• Choice 360 publishes a review of the book, Atari to Zelda: Japan’s videogames in global contexts (MIT, 2016) by Mia Consalvo, professor in the Department of Communication Studies and co-director of Milieux’s Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) research cluster. It is the fourth of ten reviews on the web page. 

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