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  People With Impaired Glucose Tolerance Can Show Cognitive Dysfunction

  July 16, 2013 — People with impaired glucose tolerance—the precursor to Type 2 diabetes—often show impaired cognitive function that may be alleviated through a diet designed specifically for their ... > full story
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  Fear Factor: Missing Brain Enzyme Leads to Abnormal Levels of Fear in Mice, New Research Reveals

  July 15, 2013 — A little bit of learned fear is a good thing, keeping us from making risky, stupid decisions or falling over and over again into the same trap. But new research from neuroscientists and molecular ... > full story
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  Bilingual Children Have a Two-Tracked Mind

  July 15, 2013 — Scientists have discovered insights that indicate children can learn two native languages as easily as they can learn ... > full story
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  Educators Explore Innovative Theater as a Way to Learn Physics

  July 15, 2013 — By role-playing how energy flows and changes, learners achieve rich insights about this central, globally relevant ... > full story
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  How to Keep Kids Engaged With Educational Games

  July 15, 2013 — If you want teams of students to stay engaged while playing educational games, you might want them to switch seats pretty often. That's one finding from a pilot study that evaluated how well middle ... > full story
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  New Evidence Shows Link Between Childhood Trauma and Psychotic Experiences

  July 10, 2013 — Researchers in Ireland have demonstrated that exposure to childhood trauma (physical assault and bullying) is linked to psychotic experiences, (such as hearing voices), and in turn the cessation of ... > full story
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  School Policies Reduce Student Drinking – If They're Perceived to Be Enforced

  July 9, 2013 — Anti-alcohol policies on middle and high school campuses do work, but only if students believe they will be enforced. Harsh punishment doesn't deter drinking, but counseling ... > full story
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  The Study of Resting Brain Connections Predicts Learning Ability

  July 9, 2013 — An innovative neurocognitive study shows that the individual variability that exists in brain connections affects people’s learning ability and, in turn, the learning process produces a change ... > full story
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  Researchers Identify 'Switch' for Long-Term Memory

  July 8, 2013 — Neurobiologists have identified calcium in the cell nucleus to be a cellular "switch" responsible for the formation of long-term memory. Using the fruit fly as a model, scientists investigate how the ... > full story
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  Math Game More Effective Than Paper Exercises

  July 8, 2013 — To measure the effectiveness of Monkey Tales, a study was carried out with 88 second grade pupils divided into three groups. One group was asked to play the game for a period of three weeks while the ... > full story

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