--- title: December 2025 description: The Learning Brain News covers topics such as the latest research, technology, Autism, Auditory Processing Disorder, Memory, ADHD and Attention and Dyslexia. We also give away a free resource and recommend a book of the month. --- [Skip to content](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/december-2025#main-content) [![LearnFast](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LearnFast_logo.png?width=196&height=100&name=LearnFast_logo.png)](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://www.learnfasthq.com/connect) [Contact us](https://www.learnfasthq.com/connect) ![Learning Brain News Header-1](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hubfs/Learning%20Brain%20News%20Header-1.png "Learning Brain News Header-1") Welcome to the December 2025 Learning Brain News. As always, it is packed with ideas and links that you may find interesting. Here are some that especially caught our attention: - Screen time predicts ADHD symptons in tweens - Overdiagnosis epidemic making us sick - Supplement mix may have potential to moderate autism traits The Learning Brain News team is taking our annual break during January, so we will be back in your inbox in February. In the meantime, enjoy the December edition. The Learning Brain News Team ###### Latest Research [![rewire the brain](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/brain-8789957_1280.jpeg?width=1280&height=403&name=brain-8789957_1280.jpeg "rewire the brain")](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251201084942.htm) ### Your Brain Rewires Itself at Ages 9, 32, 66 and 83 Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five major phases of human brain wiring that unfold from birth to old age, marked by four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66, and 83. These rewiring points reveal when the brain is most adaptable, or vulnerable, and could help explain learning differences, mental health risk, and neurodegeneration. [Learn more](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251201084942.htm) --- [![insomnia](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sleepwalker-3499602_1280.jpeg?width=1280&height=359&name=sleepwalker-3499602_1280.jpeg "insomnia")](https://neurosciencenews.com/insomnia-circadian-dysfunction-29996/) ### Insomnia Keeps the Brain Stuck in Daytime Mode Research by the University of South Australia published in Sleep Medicine, suggests that insomnia involves a biological timing problem in how the brain powers down at night, not just behavioral difficulty falling asleep. The researchers say current insomnia treatments often focus on behavioural strategies. However, tailored approaches that address circadian and cognitive factors could provide a better solution. [Learn more](https://neurosciencenews.com/insomnia-circadian-dysfunction-29996/) --- ###### Autism [![Autism supplements](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/vitamins-7661774_1280%20(1).jpeg?width=1280&height=398&name=vitamins-7661774_1280%20(1).jpeg "Autism supplements")](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-supplement-trio-reversing-autism-linked.html) ### Supplement Mix Reverses Autism Traits Researchers have discovered that a low-dose mixture of three common nutrients can reduce behavioural symptoms in mouse models of autism. This could eventually lead to a safe, efficient, nutrient-based strategy for long-term support of children with ASD. [Learn more](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-supplement-trio-reversing-autism-linked.html) --- ###### ADHD [![ADHD](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/child-ipad%20screen%201183465_1280.jpeg?width=1280&height=358&name=child-ipad%20screen%201183465_1280.jpeg "ADHD")](https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/pcn/news/higher-screen-time-tied-adhd-symptoms-altered-brain-structure-children) ### Screen Time a Predictor of Increased ADHD Symptoms in Tweens A recent study at the University of Fukui, Japan showed longer daily screen use at ages 9–10 predicted higher ADHD symptoms two years later, even after accounting for baseline symptom levels. [Learn more](https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/pcn/news/higher-screen-time-tied-adhd-symptoms-altered-brain-structure-children) --- ###### The Learning Success Blog [![Brain\_changes\_itself](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Brain_changes_itself_reader_3-png-1.jpeg?width=1010&height=360&name=Brain_changes_itself_reader_3-png-1.jpeg "Brain_changes_itself")](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/the-brain-that-changes-itself-by-dr-norman-doidge-book-review) ### The Brain That Changes Itself - Revisiting the New York Times Book Review Dr Norman Doidge's best selling book, “The Brain That Changes Itself” did more than any other to change our view of the brain’s ability to “rewire”. Although it was published well over a decade ago, the book’s description of “neuroplasticity.” remains just as relevant and useful today as it did in 2007. [Learn more](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/the-brain-that-changes-itself-by-dr-norman-doidge-book-review) --- ###### Free Download [![working memory](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/checklist-g635cfc4c0_1920-1.jpeg?width=1116&height=474&name=checklist-g635cfc4c0_1920-1.jpeg "working memory")](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/dl-11-signs-of-working-memory-difficulty?hsLang=en) ### 11 Signs That May Indicate Your Child has a Working Memory Problem Are you a concerned parent wondering if your child may have a working memory problem? Could they be having trouble holding information in their mind and then use it when thinking. Complete this simple 11 question checklist to see if your child may have a weak working memory. Download it here. [Get It Here](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/dl-11-signs-of-working-memory-difficulty?hsLang=en) --- ###### Book of the Month [![age of diagnosis book](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/age%20of%20diagnosis%20book.jpg?width=340&height=522&name=age%20of%20diagnosis%20book.jpg "age of diagnosis book")](https://www.amazon.com.au/Age-Diagnosis-Sickness-Health-Medicine-ebook/dp/B0CTHT2CNP) ### The Age of Diagnosis: How the Overdiagnosis Epidemic is Making Us Sick From autism to allergies, ADHD to long Covid, more people are being labelled with medical conditions than ever before. But can a diagnosis do us more harm than good? Many diagnoses aren't as definitive as we think. And sometimes they risk turning healthy people into patients. Drawing on the stories of real people, decades of clinical practice and the latest medical research, Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan’s book overturns long-held assumptions and reframes how we think about illness and health. [Learn More](https://www.amazon.com.au/Age-Diagnosis-Sickness-Health-Medicine-ebook/dp/B0CTHT2CNP) --- ###### What's On ![Conference](https://www.learningbrainnews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Conference%20Screenshot%202024-05-11%20at%201.55.06%20PM-1.png?width=1000&height=195&name=Conference%20Screenshot%202024-05-11%20at%201.55.06%20PM-1.png "Conference") ###### United Arab Emirates #### Reimagining Higher Education: Innovation and Leadership in an Interconnected World Conference ##### Dubai, 16-18 December 2025 The aim of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (referred to as HETL) is to bring together higher education professionals and thought leaders from around the world to dialogue, network, and collaborate on issues relevant to teaching and learning in higher education. [Learn more](https://www.hetl.org/) --- ###### USA #### National Summit on Improvement in Education ##### Join improvers from across the country to learn, connect, and catalyze real change. 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