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·November 19, 2022·4 min read

Artificial Neural Networks Learn Better When They Spend Time Not Learning at All

"Off-line" periods during AI training mitigated "catastrophic forgetting" in artificial neural networks, mimicking the learning benefits sleep provides in the human brain.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Children Learn More Quickly Than Adults

Children have a rapid boost of GABA during visual learning tasks that continue after the training ends. In adults, GABA levels remain consistent. Findings suggest children's brains respond to training in a way that allows the to more quickly and more efficiently stabilize learning.

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·November 2, 2022·4 min read

Glial Cells Eating of Synapses May Enhance Learning and Memory

Bergmann glial cell synaptic engulfing in the cerebellum was enhanced during motor learning in mice.

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·October 25, 2022·4 min read

Happily Ever After? A New Chapter for Traditional Fairy Tales

While some deem traditional fairy tales to be outdated or sexist, researchers say fairy stories play an important role in teaching young children about social justice, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking skills.

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·October 18, 2022·5 min read

Your Mind Wanders Because Your Brain Whispers

Daydreaming activates the hippocampus, inducing electrical impulses that help us to encode memories.

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·September 28, 2022·7 min read

What’s in a Word? Identifying Language Disorders Earlier Can Set Children up for Success

The earlier language disorders in children are identified, the earlier help can be provided to insure fluid language acquisition.

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·September 28, 2022·3 min read

A Good Night’s Sleep Is a Tonic to Remember

Researchers reveal why a good night's sleep helps boost learning and memory.

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·September 27, 2022·3 min read

Mechanisms of Psychostimulants on Attention and Learning Revealed

Psychostimulants increase dopamine levels, enhancing task-relevant cortical signals by acting on the striatum and the difference in dopamine synthesis capacity in the striatum explains the variability in the drugs' cognitive effects.

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·September 26, 2022·5 min read

Young Kids Avoid One Learning Trap That Often Snares Adults

By being unable to focus attention, children avoid the "learning trap" adults sometimes fall into.

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·September 23, 2022·3 min read

An Association Between Exposure to Air Pollution in the First 5 Years of Life and Alterations in Brain Structure

Assessing a child's exposure to air pollution on a monthly basis from conception to the age of 8.5, researchers found the greater the exposure to air pollution before the age of 5, the greater the alteration in brain structure by preadolescence.

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·September 20, 2022·4 min read

How Can Infants Learn About Sounds in Their Native Language?

Researchers investigate how infants learn the speech contrasts of their native languages, identifying the necessary signals are presented in naturalistic speech.