From the University of Colorado Boulder press release: Whether you are an athlete, a musician or a stroke patient learning to walk again, practice can make perfect, but more practice may make you more efficient,…
From the University of Haifa press release via MedicalXPress: Children showing difficulty carrying out routine actions, such as getting dressed, playing with particular types of games, drawing, copying from the board in school and even…
From the Brown University press release: Life shrouds most choices in mystery. Some people inch toward a comfortable enough spot and stick close to that rewarding status quo. Out to dinner, they order the usual.…
From the York University press release: All bilingual children – regardless of the languages they speak – show cognitive advantages over their English-only peers, although they may experience weakness in areas like vocabulary acquisition, finds…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via ScienceDaily: Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain – we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Why are older drivers, especially those over 70, involved in crashes primarily at intersections? You may tend to attribute this to cognitive or physical decline, such as…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: The abundance of false information available on the Internet, in movies and on TV has created a big challenge for educators. Students sometimes arrive in classrooms filled…
From the Oxford University press release via MedicalXPress: The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true. Yet promising results in the lab…
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 with age. Scott Moffat, Ph.D.,…
From the University of Illinois press release: Researchers have found a way to study how our brains assess the behavior – and likely future actions – of others during competitive social interactions. Their study, described…