What does the research say?
An evidence base for the Body to Brain Learning approach in education.
Dive deeper into the body of research that supports this approach to learning in schools and educational settings.
Body to Brain Learning @ School is grounded in a broad and growing evidence base — international clinical research on primitive reflexes and neuromotor and sensory development, educational and learning applications of this work, and Australian research on movement and school readiness.
This sits alongside the practice-based evidence of the schools already implementing B2BL@S in their classrooms.
Download our Research Foundations & Reference Guide...
An annotated bibliography and full reference list for anyone who wants to go deeper. It's also a living document, updated as the evidence base grows and we get to add it to our list.
Current version: V1, November 2025
Research Foundations and Reference GuidePrincipals & Leaders:
Need to support a school- or system-based learning decision?
This guide gives you evidence-informed backing for the decision to bring a Body to Brain Learning approach into your school — citations and examples, including Australian-based research, that you can take to your board or education authority, and a way to align the approach with your system's own priorities and directions.
Teachers:
Curious about the "Why" behind the practice?
You don't need this guide to implement B2BL@S well — the Teacher's Manual has what you need for the classroom. This is here for anyone who wants to delve into the research sitting underneath the practice - dig deeper into the nitty gritty of how and why this approach works.
School-Based B2BL@S Champions:
Want to dig deeper into the research base to support your practice with your colleagues?
This guide gives you what you need to support understanding of the depth of the research when a colleague asks about the thinking behind it; why a neurodevelopmental, movement-based approach supports learning, and the full reference list for anyone who wants to look deeper themselves. It's also useful when reporting on this work to your leadership team.
Curious about the B2BL@S approach?
Want an easy-to-read introduction to the thinking behind Body to Brain Learning @ School but don't want the academic research language and formats? We recommend our E-book: "Reading the Body: A New Lens on Children's Learning."
The Research Foundations and Reference Guide link on this page provides a list of some of the educational and neurophysiological research that supports the neurodevelopmental principles behind the B2BL@S approach.
Read our E-book!