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Evolution Guides Cooperative Turn-taking, Game Theory-based Computer Simulations Show
It's not just good manners
to wait your turn -- it's
actually down to evolution,
according to new research.
What's more, this behavior
... > full story
Paralyzed People Using Computers, Amputees Controlling Bionic Limbs, With Microelectrodes On (Not In) Brain
Experimental devices that
read brain signals have
helped paralyzed people use
computers and may let
amputees control bionic
... > full story
Brain Section Multitasks, Handling Phonetics And Decision-making
Scientists have found that a
portion of the brain that
handles decision-making also
helps decipher different
sounds. ... > full story
Conversing Helps Language Development More Than Reading Alone
A new study shows
adult-child conversations
have a more significant
impact on language
development than exposing
... > full story
- Evolution Guides Cooperative Turn-taking, Game Theory-based Computer Simulations Show
- Paralyzed People Using Computers, Amputees Controlling Bionic Limbs, With Microelectrodes On (Not In) Brain
- Brain Section Multitasks, Handling Phonetics And Decision-making
- Conversing Helps Language Development More Than Reading Alone
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Do Bilingual Persons Have Distinct Language Areas In The Brain?
July 9, 2009 — A unique single case study suggests that first and second languages of bilingual people are represented in different places in the ... > full story -
Language Skills In Your Twenties May Predict Risk Of Dementia Decades Later
July 9, 2009 — People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to new ... > full story -
Plain Language For Health Care Professionals To Improve Communication With Patients
July 9, 2009 — The doctor speaks "medicalese," and the patient's eyes glaze over. Researchers noticed this familiar failure to communicate when health care researchers asked people to take part in studies. So they ... > full story -
Children With Autism Need To Be Taught In Smaller Groups, Experts Argue
July 4, 2009 — Since the 1970s, there has been much debate surrounding the fact that individuals with autism have difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is background speech or noise. ... > full story -
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Physics Education Improves When Students Make Their Own Computer Models
July 2, 2009 — A current trend in secondary science education is for students to learn by discovering for themselves how things work. Computer modeling is a teaching method that fits in nicely with this trend and ... > full story -
Subliminal Messages Motivate People To Actually Do Things They Already Wanted To Do
July 1, 2009 — How is it possible that you were not planning on going shopping, but that you still end up going and even return home with four new shirts? Apparently you really did want to go shopping but were not ... > full story -
Early Alzheimer's: Not Remembering What Is Important To Remember
June 28, 2009 — People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, psychologists ... > full story -
Anxiety’s Hidden Cost In Academic Performance
June 26, 2009 — The effect of anxiety on academic performance is not always obvious. But new research suggests that there may be hidden costs. The study found that anxious individuals find it harder to avoid ... > full story -
Neurological Differences Support Dyslexia Subtypes
June 26, 2009 — Parts of the right hemisphere of the brains of people with dyslexia have been shown to differ from those of normal readers. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to compare the two groups, and ... > full story -
Mouse With 'Humanized Version' Of Human Language Gene Provides Clues To Language Development
June 24, 2009 — Scientists have made a major contribution to understanding human language development. Using a comprehensive screening method, they studied a mouse model carrying a "humanized version" of a key gene ... > full story
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