Pediatrics
Kids' play is healthy, pediatricians' group says
(HealthDay)—Play is a child's most important work, preschool teachers like to say, and a new American Academy of Pediatrics report wholeheartedly agrees.
Aug 21, 2018
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Exercise to change the brain
For someone with Parkinson's disease (PD), the simple desire to grasp a glass of water can become an insurmountable task, made impossible by the tremors in their hand or arm. Finding strategies to improve these movement impairments ...
Apr 26, 2018
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Neuroscience
Learning at an advanced age makes the brain fit but age-related brain changes cannot be undone
As a person ages, perception declines, accompanied by augmented brain activity. Learning and training may ameliorate age-related degradation of perception, but age-related brain changes cannot be undone. Rather, brain activity ...
Jun 16, 2016
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Neuroscience
Brain pattern predicts how fast an adult learns a new language
Some adults learn a second language better than others, and their secret may involve the rhythms of activity in their brains.
May 10, 2016
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Neuroscience
Dopamine neurons have a role in movement, new study finds
Princeton University researchers have found that dopamine - a brain chemical involved in learning, motivation and many other functions - also has a direct role in representing or encoding movement. The finding could help ...
Apr 25, 2016
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Neuroscience
Learning in the absence of external feedback
Rewards act as external factors that influence and reinforce learning processes. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now been able to show that the brain can produce its own learning signals in cases ...
Apr 6, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bilingual baby brains show increased activity in executive function regions
Many brain studies show that bilingual adults have more activity in areas associated with executive function, a set of mental abilities that includes problem-solving, shifting attention and other desirable cognitive traits.
Apr 4, 2016
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Neuroscience
Neural networks learn to link temporally dispersed stimuli
Rustling leaves, a creaking branch: To a mouse, these sensory impressions may at first seem harmless - but not if a cat suddenly bursts out of the bush. If so, they were clues of impending life-threatening danger. Robert ...
Mar 8, 2016
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Neuroscience
Scientists tap the smarts of mice, capture problem-solving in action
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured unique images of problem-solving in action by tapping into the minds of mice. The study shows rapid rewiring in the frontal brains of mice after they learn ...
Mar 7, 2016
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Neuroscience
Mentally challenging activities key to a healthy aging mind
One of the greatest challenges associated with the growing numbers of aged adults is how to maintain a healthy aging mind. Taking up a new mental challenge such as digital photography or quilting may help maintain cognitive ...
Jan 15, 2016
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