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The Learning Brain is less Flexible than previously believed
According to researchers, when learning a new task, the brain is less flexible than previously believed. Nobody really knows how the activity in your brain reorganizes as you learn new tasks, but new research from Carnegie Mellon University and the … Continue reading
On Learning During Childhood Development
Researchers report the thalamus plays a critical role in regulating how the brain learns to integrate binocular input during development. During childhood, the brain goes through critical periods in which its learning ability for specific skills and functions is strongly … Continue reading
Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
MIT study finds neurons that hum together encodes new information. The human mind can rapidly absorb and analyze new information as it flits from thought to thought. These quickly changing brain states may be encoded by synchronization of brain waves … Continue reading
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Brain waves reflect different types of learning
For the first time, researchers have identified neural signatures of explicit and implicit learning. Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two different types of learning, and now for the first time, researchers … Continue reading
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Molecular basis for Memory and Learning: Brain development and plasticity share similar signaling pathways
Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain’s plasticity. Scientists now report on how a trio of key molecules directs these processes. Their findings provide new leads for the therapy of Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Bilingual People Find it Easier to Learn New Languages
Brain activity of bilingual people who learn a new language is similar to that of native speakers of that language within one day of training, a new study report. For monolingual people, it takes much longer to exhibit brain activity … Continue reading
Neural networks plasticity help the integration of new information
The human brain has a region of cells responsible for linking sensory cues to actions and behaviors and cataloging the link as a memory. Cells that form these links have been deemed highly stable and fixed. Now, the findings of … Continue reading
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Language Development Starts in the Womb
According to a NeuroReport study, children’s sensitivity to the rhythmic properties of language emerges in-utero. Researchers discovered changes in fetal heart rate when exposed to different languages, suggesting babies tend to ‘tune in’ to the language they are going to … Continue reading
Exposing Infants to Foreign Languages Ignites Learning
Researchers from the University of Washington report that with special tuition, babies from monolingual homes can develop bilingual abilities that remain even after their training is complete. For years, scientists and parents alike have touted the benefits of introducing babies to … Continue reading
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Learning with Music can change Brain structure
Listening to music while learning a new physical skill can help increase connectivity in the white matter tract linking auditory and motor regions of the brain, new study reports. Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important … Continue reading
