If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new puzzles, or, more broadly, how well you can focus, say, in school or at work? Or, in the language of psychologists, ...
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Unless you are an identical twin, you probably aren't often mistaken for someone else. Likewise, our own sense of self as distinct from all other humans is deeply ingrained since early childhood.
Jun 1, 2022
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Until now, there has been no clarity on how exercise intensity affects the emission and concentration of aerosol particles in exhaled air. With a new experimental setup, a Munich research team has shown that aerosol emissions ...
May 26, 2022
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In the mid-20th century, new evidence showed that the brain could be "plastic," and that experience could create changes in the brain. Plasticity has been linked to learning new skills, including spatial navigation, aerobic ...
May 20, 2022
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Research that examines how the body adapts to new movements is shedding new light on how the nervous system learns, and could help to inform a wide range of applications, from customized rehabilitation and athletic training ...
May 10, 2022
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Exercise supports the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by impacting on several metabolic pathways in the body, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
May 3, 2022
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Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that new drivers licensed before age 18 who are subject to mandatory driver education, including behind-the-wheel ...
Apr 25, 2022
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The consolidation of learning that occurs during sleep is a result of the learning process and not merely because certain brain regions get used a lot during learning, a RIKEN researcher and her collaborator have shown. This ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new method for training people to be creative, one that shows promise of succeeding far better than current ways of sparking innovation.
Mar 14, 2022
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Experts such as pianists, athletes and surgeons acquire their skills through extensive practice. However, the neurophysiological and psychological mechanisms that underlie the problem of making mistakes due to psychological ...
Jan 6, 2022
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