News tagged with comprehension
Disadvantaged neighborhoods set children's reading skills on negative course
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2010 |
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A landmark study from the University of British Columbia finds that the neighbourhoods in which children reside at kindergarten predict their reading comprehension skills seven years later.
Two sides of the same coin: Speech and gesture mutually interact to enhance comprehension
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Your mother may have taught you that it's rude to point, but according to new research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, gesturing may actually help improve communication.
How do we understand written language?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the ...
Craving a Cigarette? Pitt Study Suggests Craving Hinders Comprehension Without Your Realizing It
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Pittsburgh study reveals that craving a cigarette while performing a cognitive task not only increases the chances of a person's mind wandering, but also makes that person less likely ...
Young adults who exercise get higher IQ
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
Language support in schools vital for children with autism
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Teachers and parents must be vigilant in observing difficulties with language comprehension, reading and spelling in children and young people with autism, Asperger's syndrome and ADHD.
For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University ...
Neuroscientists map intelligence in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence ...
Psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words
Dec 24, 2008 |
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New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech.
