News tagged with verbal learners

Visual learners convert words to pictures in the brain and vice versa

A University of Pennsylvania psychology study, using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan the brain, reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to verbal learners, have a tendency ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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What makes a thinker?

The notion of teaching people to become better thinkers is such a basic concept that most people would assume the goal has always been a vital part of educators’ tool kits.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Virtual reality can improve design skills in younger generation

Rapidly improving technology is changing everyday life for all generations. This constantly changing environment can be a difficult adjustment for older generations. However, for the current generation known as "Generation ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learning styles debunked

Are you a verbal learner or a visual learner? Chances are, you've pegged yourself or your children as either one or the other and rely on study techniques that suit your individual learning needs. And you're not alone— for ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 4

Exposure to two languages carries far-reaching benefits

People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to research conducted at Northwestern University. And their bilingual advantage persists ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Let's get non-verbal, electronically

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a suite of tools to add non-verbal cues to email, phone calls, chats and other channels of electronic communication. It is fascinating work, and the real-world applications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Oh, what a feeling! Brain-injured recover emotional perception skills

People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and voice tone in others, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Communication study: Actions used with words speak even louder

Here’s your assignment: Explain how to wrap a package. It’s quite likely that you’ll use gestures to enhance — perhaps even to guide — your verbal instructions. Now try to teach this lesson in gift-wrapping while keeping ...

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created May 03, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Researchers update French language learning

Mastering verbal conjugations in French or being able to ask directions to the library is one thing, but expressing yourself on paper in that language brings a new, daunting set of challenges. An online tool developed at ...

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created Dec 15, 2005 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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