News articles tagged with 'learning' (Page 23)
Study shows variety of approaches help children overcome auditory processing and language problems
— 31 Jan 2008 07:28 | HealthFor children who struggle to learn language, the choice between various interventions may matter less than the intensity and format of the intervention, a new study sponsored by the…
Brain connections strengthen during waking hours, weaken during sleep
— 23 Jan 2008 03:38 | HealthMost people know it from experience: After so many hours of being awake, your brain feels unable to absorb any more - and several hours of sleep will refresh it…
Researchers uncover mechanisms of common inherited mental retardation
— 8 Jan 2008 22:00 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre are uncovering how brain cells are affected in Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited mental retardation and the most common…
Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers
— 4 Jan 2008 00:05 | BiologyPractice makes perfect - or at least that's what we're told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales - and it seems, based on the…
Cockroaches are morons in the morning and geniuses in the evening
— 28 Sep 2007 02:54 | BiologyIn its ability to learn, the cockroach is a moron in the morning and a genius in the evening. Dramatic daily variations in the cockroach's learning ability were discovered by a new…