Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of acquiring new skills or adjusting behaviors in response to positive outcomes is known as reinforcement ...
End-of-year school concerts showcase children's talents and hard work, often filling performers with pride. But for some, the idea of performing live is terrifying.
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A new study by researchers at Coventry University has found a high-intensity gym workout appears to increase your ability to focus, remember and process information in your brain.
Nov 6, 2025
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Researchers have known that children often don't focus on tasks and tend to "overexplore" instead of paying attention to what they should be doing. However, why they do that has remained unknown.
Nov 4, 2025
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Brain connectivity patterns and environmental factors can predict which older adults will successfully increase physical activity after receiving a cardiovascular diagnosis. Nagashree Thovinakere and colleagues studied 295 ...
Oct 21, 2025
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Fluctuations in brain activity, also known as neural variability, enable us to be flexible in adjusting our behavior to the current situation. A new study shows that neural variability increases throughout development before ...
Sep 25, 2025
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There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in UK schools during the last academic year compared to 15 years ago. This is concerning, given how important PE and physical activity are not only for children's ...
Sep 4, 2025
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For over three decades, the zebrafish has advanced preclinical biomedical research: hundreds of individuals can be studied simultaneously, and even whole-brain activity can be recorded in living animals. Its limitation, however, ...
Aug 28, 2025
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To assess and study human memory, psychologists have so far primarily used tasks that require people to verbally recall objects they previously saw in images, past life events or other types of information. While these tasks ...
A study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that exposure to lead during pregnancy and early childhood may accelerate the rate at which children forget information—a critical marker of ...
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