Forgetting Can Make You Smarter
Researchers say the goal of memory is not to transmit the most accurate information over time, but to optimize intelligent decision making by holding on to valuable information.... Read More...
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Screen Time or Story Time? E-Books Grab Attention of Toddlers and Led to Greater Learning
Toddlers who were read stories from e-book devices pay more attention during story time and showed increased learning than those who were read traditional books, a new study reports.... Read More...
Long Term Memories Made With Meaningful Information
According to researchers, the key to retaining information is to relate it to something meaningful rather than to repeat it parrot fashion.... Read More...
What Makes a Mother Risk Her Life to Protect Her Kids?
A mother's willingness to sacrifice their own lives to protect their children depends upon the action of oxytocin on neurons in the amygdala, a new study reports.... Read More...
Self Learning AI Robot Hands
Summary: Researchers develop an AI grasping system with robotic hands that can learn to grasp and move unfamiliar objects like fruit, dishes and stuffed animals... Read More...
Simple Tasks Don’t Test Brain’s True Complexity
The brain's ability to use approximate probabilistic inference can not be studied by simple tasks that are not well suited to expose the inferential computations that make the brain special, researchers say.... Read More...
Cannabis Compound Could Unlock New Cognitive Treatment for Schizophrenia
According to researchers, Cannabidiol, an active compound in cannabis plants, could help to alleviate cognitive impairment in people with schizophrenia.... Read More...
Puberty Hormones Trigger Changes in Youthful Learning
A new study demonstrates changes in cortical neurotransmission due to hormones at puberty.... Read More...
Neurons Can Learn Temporal Patterns
Researchers find the brain's capacity to learn is created than previously thought.... Read More...
Monkey Say: Marmosets Learn to Call the Same Way Human Babies Learn to Babble
Just as a baby's babbles begin to sound more like recognizable human speech if they receive frequent vocal feedback from adults, the same kind of interaction speeds up speech acquisition in marmosets, a new study reveals.... Read More...
How Fear Can Develop Out of Others’ Traumas
The endogenous opioid system may be responsible for learned fear based on the trauma of others, researchers report.... Read More...
Deep Sleep Maintains the Learning Efficiency of the Brain
Researchers shed light on why deep sleep is important for learning efficiency in the brain.... Read More...