Neurofeedback Helps Control Learning Success
Neurofeedback training stimulates the cortical learning process and can help improve the sense of touch, a new study reveals.... Read More...
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Reading with Preschool Children Boosts Language by Eight Months
According to researchers, reading with your preschool aged children can boost their language development by up to eight months. Receptive language skills are positively enhanced when a child reads along with a carer, the study reports.... Read More...
New Insight Into the Process of New Neuron Generation in the Adult Brain
Researchers discover the protein nestin produced in astrocytes plays a role in inhibiting neural differentiation. The study reports nestin does not control adult neurogenesis by acting within neural stem cells, but by regulating Notch signals neural stem cells receive from astrocytes. ... Read More...
How Does the Brain Learn by Talking to Itself?
A new study reveals the role synaptic feedback systems play in shaping learning processes. The findings could help develop more efficient artificial intelligence techniques.... Read More...
New Insight on How Memory Works
Study reports declarative memory depends upon conscious knowledge of what has been previously learned. Researchers discovered conscious knowledge is compromised in those with damage to the hippocampus. The findings shed new light on how the hippocampus controls the process of memory.... Read More...
Passive Exposure Alone Can Enhance the Learning of Foreign Speech Sounds
A new study reveals passive exposure to foreign speech sounds over the course of several consecutive days helps enhance discrimination abilities and language learning. ... Read More...
Parents’ Brain Activity Echoes Their Infant’s When Playing Together
When parents play with their child, their brains show similar bursts of brain activity. The activity is linked to their baby's attention patterns, and not their own, researchers report.... Read More...
Dopamine’s Yin-Yang Personality: It’s an Upper and a Downer
Researchers shed light on the dual nature of dopamine, as a neurotransmitter that makes us seek pleasure and also reinforces avoidance of pain.... Read More...
Boys with Social Difficulties More Susceptible to Early Substance Use
A new study reports boys with social skill problems during sixth grade are more likely to develop substance use issues by grade eight. ... Read More...
Brain Responses to Language in Toddlers with ASD Linked to Altered Gene Expression
Researchers report differential brain responses to speech in toddlers with ASD is associated with widespread gene expression activity in blood leukocyte cells.... Read More...
Low Protein High Carb Diets Show Promise for Healthy Brain Aging
A new study reports low protein high carb diets show promise in improving brain health, as well as learning and memory.... Read More...
Personality and Mood Affect Brain Response to Personal Choice
Researchers report personality traits and psychological health impact how we value personal control when making decisions. The study reports brain activity in the motivation system is dampened in those with passive personalities and depression when we receive rewards that we have earned or feel in personal control of situations.... Read More...