Breast feeding may protect against stuttering??? 9 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am

Today, every single "science" news outlet jumped on the story that breastfeeding may protect against persistent stuttering: see a Science Daily post based on direct sources. This is a hyped-up scienc...

Controversial honoring of Theo Schoenaker at the ISA-congress 2013 16 Jul 2013 | 11:33 pm

Robert van de Vorst wrote to TheStutteringBrain to make us aware of the controversial honoring of Theo Schoenaker who holds views that clash with science. Make up your own mind! Controversial honorin...

Visit me in Luxembourg 4 Jun 2013 | 09:44 am

To all those that will attend the ISA Congress in Lunteren (The Netherlands), I will be there this Saturday and Sunday to attend a meeting of the consumer and self-help group of the International Flue...

Switch to a new Reader of my blog feeds! 27 May 2013 | 04:37 pm

Keep in mind that Google Reader will be switched off from July 1st onwards. So if you haven't yet done so, use an alternative reader and transfer your links RSS feeds!

Enzyme related to Stuttering determined 24 May 2013 | 10:35 am

I am in exam stress, but check out this article. Chemists have unravelled the internal structure of a protein linked to stuttering in 5% or so of the stuttering population. This information is useful...

Post-doctoral position in neuroimaging of stuttering 15 May 2013 | 10:55 pm

To all scientists, check out Soo-Eun Chang's job opening for a postdoctoral position in neuroimaging of stuttering: see here. She is moving to the University of Michigan this summer to a position that...

Specialist course on stuttering 9 May 2013 | 12:02 pm

Check out the ECSF course if you want to do a specialist course in stuttering: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS COURSE 2013-2014 The ECSF consortium would like to announce that the registration for the 2013-20...

How the Internet saved people who stutter 3 May 2013 | 10:26 pm

I know that I have not been following up on my video posts. My apologies. I have been and will be quite busy and need to rethink my video-blog strategy. ;-) Today I want to talk about the Internet an...

5 minutes on stuttering: Cultural Differences or not? 25 Mar 2013 | 11:32 pm

I am still not happy with the final product. It is much more difficult to speak unprepared without being able to go back and correct your English or fine-tune your message. I am also wondering if the ...

5 minutes on stuttering: It's not the technique that matters but that they are delivered in a social environment made of fellow stutterers. 20 Mar 2013 | 11:22 pm