
High School Students Test Best With 7 Hours of Sleep at Night
New research finds that 16-
to 18-year-olds perform
better academically when
they shave about two hours
off what current guidelines
prescribe. ... > full story

Memory Strengthened by Stimulating Key Site in Brain
Ever gone to the movies and
forgotten where you parked
the car? New research may
one day help you improve
your memory. Neuroscientists
have demonstrated that they
... > full story

It's Not Solitaire: Brain Activity Differs When One Plays Against Others
Researchers have found a way
to study how our brains
assess the behavior -- and
likely future actions -- of
others during competitive
... > full story

Mom's Love Good for Child's Brain
School-age children whose
mothers nurtured them early
in life have brains with a
larger hippocampus, a key
structure important to
learning, memory and
response to stress. The new
... > full story
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To Perform With Less Effort, Practice Beyond Perfection
February 9, 2012 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, according to a surprising new ... > full story -
New Target for Alzheimer's Drugs
February 9, 2012 UC Riverside biomedical scientists have identified a new link between a protein (beta-arrestin) and short-term memory that could open new doors for the therapeutic treatment of neurological ... > full story -
Why the Middle Finger Has Such a Slow Connection
February 7, 2012 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 functional significance of these maps is largely unclear. What effects they ... > full story -
Strategy Shift With Age Can Lead to Navigational Difficulties
February 6, 2012 A researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with ... > full story -
Dyslexia-Linked Genetic Variant Decreases Midline Crossing of Auditory Pathways
February 1, 2012 Scientists have found that a rare dyslexia-linked genetic variant of the ROBO1 gene decreases normal crossing of auditory pathways in the human brain. The results link, for the first time, a ... > full story -
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Surprisingly High Number of Adults With Severe Learning Disabilities Also Have Autism, UK Research Shows
January 31, 2012 New UK research on autism in adults has shown that adults with a more severe learning disability have a greater likelihood of having autism. This group, mostly living in private households, was ... > full story -
Lifelong Payoff for Attentive Kindergarten Kids
January 29, 2012 Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new ... > full story -
Twilight Learning: Looking Back and Forward to the Possibilities of Subliminal Messages
January 27, 2012 The concept of the subliminal message is now familiar. A subconscious suggestion can help a person bring about positive change, such as smoking cessation, or otherwise influence one’s actions. ... > full story -
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What Are Friends For? Negating Negativity
January 26, 2012 "Stand by me" is a common refrain when it comes to friendship but new research demonstrates that the concept goes beyond pop music: keeping friends close has real physiological and psychological ... > full story -
High-School High Achievers Who Flounder in University: Some Students May Have Undetected Reading Comprehension Difficulties
January 25, 2012 Everyone knows a high-school high achiever who has floundered in university. Now researchers may have an explanation for the problem. They say it is likely that some of these students may have ... > full story
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