Tag: learning

Study suggests changing spatial strategy with age can lead to navigational difficulties

From the Wayne State University press release: A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people’s ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs… Read more »

Study suggests mentoring relationships may benefit victims of child abuse or domestic violence

From the Concordia University press release: Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the… Read more »

Study shows early nurturing by mothers benefit children’s brains

From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning,… Read more »

Study suggests good kindergarten attention skills can predict later work-oriented behaviour

From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of “work-oriented” skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr…. Read more »

Study suggests an unstable family can adversely affect teens in rigorous high schools

From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Research continues to support a connection between instability in the home and school performance in adolescents, but a new study in… Read more »

Study links prenatal testosterone to increased risk of language delay for male infants

From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to… Read more »