Posts Tagged ‘attention’
Health & Medicine - Aug 21, 2009 12:18 - 0 Comments
Nose keeps smells separated
When the participants received a different smell in each nostril at the same time, they were actually experiencing an “olfactory illusion,” says study coauthor Denise Chen. “Although both smells are equally present, the brain attends to predominantly one of them at a time.” (Courtesy: Rice University)
Society & Culture - Aug 12, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Baby brainpower fuels adult success
The Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence, developed more than 20 years ago, measures the response infants have to pictures of novel objects.
Society & Culture - May 20, 2009 14:33 - 0 Comments
Bilingual kids have tuned-in brains
CORNELL (US)—Teaching young children how to speak a second language is good for their minds and may even help them stay focused, report two Cornell University linguistic researchers. (more…)
