News tagged with motor experience


Brain research shows two parents may be better than one

A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have discovered that adult brain cell production might be determined, in part, by the early parental environment. The study suggests that ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Removing protein 'garbage' in nerve cells may help control two neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal ...

Medical research created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Early motor experiences give infants a social jump start

In a new study published today in the journal Developmental Science (Epub ahead of print), researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Vanderbilt University found that early motor experiences can shape infants' prefer ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are your values right or left? The answer is more literal than you think

Up equals good, happy, optimistic; down the opposite. Right is honest and trustworthy. Left, not so much. That's what language and culture tell us. "We use mental metaphors to structure our thinking about abstract things," ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 7