News tagged with performance

The visual system as economist: Neural resource allocation in visual adaptation

(Medical Xpress)—It has long been held that in a new environment, visual adaptation should improve visual performance. However, evidence has contradicted this expectation: Adaptation sometimes not only ...

Neuroscience created Mar 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

Why some stress is good for you? Acute stress primes the brain to do better on memory tasks two weeks later

(Medical Xpress)—Overworked and stressed out? Look on the bright side. Some stress is good for you.

Neuroscience created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Regular demands on attention and memory keep students on task in online courses, study reports

(Medical Xpress)—Somewhere between the traditional classroom and old fashion home schooling, online learning has emerged as the dominant educational resource. Skyrocketing tuition, particularly at the college ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Transplanted neural stem cells treat ALS in mouse model

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is untreatable and fatal. Nerve cells in the spinal cord die, eventually taking away a person's ability to move or even breathe. A ...

Medical research created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New algorithm greatly improves speed and accuracy of thought-controlled computer cursor

Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The algorithm's ...

Neuroscience created Nov 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

'Kawaii' power sharpens worker focus, says Japanese study

(Medical Xpress)—Office workers who wonder why there are so many new framed pictures of piglets, calves, and puppies in the employee lunch room may learn their boss has read about research coming from Japan. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Math ability requires crosstalk in the brain

A new study by researchers at UT Dallas' Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan has found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of ...

Neuroscience created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Self-affirmation improves problem-solving under stress

It's no secret that stress increases your susceptibility to health problems, and it also impacts your ability to solve problems and be creative. But methods to prevent associated risks and effects have been less clear – ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New studies examine caffeine's effect on cognitive tasks, food pairing

Since 1977, there has been a 70% increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or energy drinks, our children are consuming more of it. One well documented effect of caffeine ...

Health created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Drug could improve working memory of people with autism, study finds

People with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have trouble communicating and interacting with others because they process language, facial expressions and social cues differently. Previously, researchers found that ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Feelings of power can diffuse effects of negative stereotypes, study says

(Medical Xpress)—New research from social psychologists at Indiana University Bloomington suggests that feeling powerful might protect against the debilitating effects of negative stereotypes.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Punishment can enhance performance, academics find

The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team of academics at The University of Nottingham has found. A study led by researchers from the University's School of Psychology, published recently ...

Neuroscience created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Lifelong exercise holds key to cognitive well-being

A study by researchers at King's College London highlights a link between lifelong exercise and improved brain function in later life.

Health created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Tickling the brain with magnetic stimulation improves memory in schizophrenia

Cognitive impairments are disabling for individuals with schizophrenia, and no satisfactory treatments currently exist. These impairments affect a wide range of cognition, including memory, attention, verbal and motor skills, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscience shows why not everyone learns from their mistakes

(Medical Xpress)—Some people do not learn from their mistakes because of the way their brain works, according to research led by an academic at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Neuroscience created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience). Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of "participatory theatre" where audience members might get involved in the production. Singing choral music, and performing in a ballet are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience members often clap, indicating appreciation. However, sometimes this rule is reversed. In Japan, the greatest compliment is complete silence.[citation needed]

Performances, for example in theatre, can take place daily, or at some other regular interval. Performances can take place at someone's house, in a subway, or even at a dollar store. Talent, on the other hand, is subjective.

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