Posts Tagged ‘learning’
Health & Medicine - May 24, 2010 11:03 - 1 Comment
Calorie restriction: longer life, fewer memories?
PRINCETON (US)—Decreasing calorie intake and tweaking the activity of the hormone insulin are two methods long known to increase lifespan in a wide range of organisms. Now, biologists have uncovered evidence that these mechanisms also have an impact on learning and memory. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 30, 2009 13:43 - 7 Comments
Computer learns to think like a child
U. PENN (US)—Computer scientist Ben Taskar says one of the biggest stumbling blocks in terms of artificial intelligence is the fact that computers learn slower than children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 24, 2009 16:04 - 9 Comments
Brain listens, learns while we sleep
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Even in deep sleep, sounds make their way into our minds, researchers have found, and enhance associated memories. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 23, 2009 17:20 - 4 Comments
Learning powered by search engines
PENN STATE (US)—Using Internet search engines is no longer just a daily convenience, but has evolved to become part of the learning process as well, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 12, 2009 19:07 - 2 Comments
Clearing away insomnia’s mental fog
U. PENN (US)—Deficits caused by sleep deprivation, including an inability to focus, learn, or memorize, may be reversible by reducing a specific enzyme that builds up in the brain’s hippocampus. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 7, 2009 17:26 - 5 Comments
School segregation worsens learning gap
EMORY (US)—Racial segregation in schools is fueling the learning disparity between young black and white children, while out-of-school factors are more important to the growth of social-class gaps, according to a study by sociologist Dennis Condron. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 30, 2009 14:28 - 1 Comment
Separating historical fact from film fiction
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—Showing popular historical dramas in a classroom setting can be a double-edged sword when it comes to helping students learn and retain factual information found in textbooks, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 26, 2009 10:01 - 0 Comments
Distracting cell phones have familiar ring
“Many of us consider a cell phone ringing in a public place to be an annoying disruption, but this study confirms that these nuisance noises also have real-life impacts,” says Jill Shelton, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
