News tagged with learning performance
Bee smart, bee healthy
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bumblebee colonies which are fast learners are also better able to fight off infection, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Leicester.
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It's all in your head. No, really: How mental imagery training aids perceptual learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Practice makes perfect. But imaginary practice? Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and team show that perceptual learning—learning ...
Erythropoietin boosts brainpower
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Healthy young mice treated with erythropoietin show lasting improved performance in learning and other higher brain functions. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology tested the cognitive effects of the ...
Kidney transplantation provides cognitive benefits for patients with kidney disease
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Individuals with kidney disease often suffer from cognitive impairment, but kidney transplantation can improve their mental performance, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual ...
Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
Genetic risk, not anesthesia exposure, impacts cognitive performance
Aug 04, 2009 |
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A recent study of more than 2,000 identical twins found that medical problems early in life, rather than the neurotoxic effects of anesthesia, are likely linked to an individual's risk for developing learning disabilities. ...
Walking, talking and memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How easy is it to walk, talk and remember what was said? Dr Dee Way studied how actors learn a script and whether walking affects their memory performance.
Search engines are source of learning
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers.
A young brain for an old bee
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Scientists have found that by switching the social role of honey bees, aging honey bees can keep their learning ability intact or even improve it. The research team is hoping to use them as a model to study ...
Calcium -- the secret to honeybees' memory
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Long-term memory formation in honeybees is instigated by a calcium ion cascade. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have shown that calcium acts as a switch between short- and long-term storage of lea ...
Sleep helps people learn complicated tasks
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sleep helps the mind learn complicated tasks and helps people recover learning they otherwise thought they had forgotten over the course of a day, research at the University of Chicago shows.
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