Category: Learning

Study suggests disease-causing mutations occur in genes that support higher cognitive skills

From the University of Nottingham press release via HealthCanal: Humans may be endowed with the ability to perform complex forms of learning, attention and function but the evolutionary process that… Read more »

Researchers create gaming platform to study spatial learning and memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

From the American Epilepsy Society (AES) press release via ScienceDaily: A behavioral test widely used on rodents to study spatial learning and memory, the Morris water maze (MWM), was recreated… Read more »

Study links behaviour problems, not depression, to lower grades for depressed youths

From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Behavior problems, not depression, are linked to lower grades for depressed adolescents, according to a study in the December issue of… Read more »

Study suggests reading, writing and playing games may help aging brains stay healthy

From the Radiological Society of North America press release via EurekAlert!: Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a… Read more »