Getting Excited Twice: Newly Discovered Motor Learning Brain Circuit
Learning new motor skills is a critical aspect of our lives. From playing the piano to riding a bike, it would be difficult to imagine…
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Lifetime of Knowledge Can Clutter Memories of Older Adults
When a person tries to access a memory, their brain quickly sifts through everything stored in it to find the relevant information. But as we…
Cracking Chimpanzee Culture – More Similar to Human Culture Than Often Assumed
Chimpanzees don’t automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now used field experiments…
Your Brain Pays Attention to Unfamiliar Voices During Sleep
The ability allows the brain to balance sleep with responding to environmental cues. A good night’s sleep is not as simple as it appears. While…
Improving Reading Skills by Playing Action Video Games
An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game. Decoding letters into sound is a key point…
Why Do We Forget? New Theory Says “Forgetting” Is Actually a Form of Learning
We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay…
Researchers Have Discovered an Exercise “Sweet Spot” To Reverse Cognitive Decline
University of Queensland researchers have discovered an exercise ‘sweet spot’ that reverses the cognitive decline in aging mice, paving the way for human studies. After…
Dogs Learn About Word Boundaries in Speech As Human Infants Do
Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from…
Practice Makes Perfect, but Sleep Helps, Too: Reactivating Memories During Sleep Improves Motor Skills
Extra brain processing during sleep enhances learning of new motor skills. Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill…
Mice Can Actually Learn Much Faster than Previously Thought
A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great…
Black Howler Monkeys Adapt Mental Maps Like Humans for Efficient Navigation
Ever since humans began committing their view of the world to flat slabs of rock and papyrus, we had a sense that our mental maps…
Older People Are Just As Good at Learning To Help Others – Worse at Learning to Self-Help
Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people…
White Matter Reorganization: How Learning Braille Changes Brain Structure Over Time
White matter reorganizes at specific time points to meet the needs of the brain. Learning changes the brain, but when learning Braille different brain regions…
Handwriting Surprisingly Faster and Significantly Better Than Typing and Watching Videos for Learning to Read
Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn’t be so quick to throw away…
Take Part in ESA’s Space App Camp 2021
ESA is inviting up to 25 committed mobile app developers and specialists in artificial and machine learning related to observing Earth from space to join…
MIT: Experiential Learning Through Entrepreneurship
For Gabrielle Finear, a senior studying computer science, working on two startup ideas in MIT Sandbox provided hands-on learning to complement her coursework. As senior…
Tracking Receptor Proteins to Unveil Molecular Basis of Memory and Learning
Scientists from Japan employ a novel two-step method of labeling neurotransmitter receptor proteins to track their localization efficiently. The neurons in our nervous system “talk”…
Robotic “Third Thumb” Use Can Alter How the Hand Is Represented in the Brain
Using a robotic ‘Third Thumb’ can impact how the hand is represented in the brain, finds a new study led by University College London researchers….
