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Aptitude

An aptitude is an innate inborn ability to do a certain kind of work.

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Exposure to Diverse Career Paths Can Help Fill Labor Market 'Skills Gap'

Feb. 26, 2021 — When Patrick Rottinghaus began college, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his career. He started out as an "Open" major while he explored possibilities. Today, he is helping young ...

Why an Early Start Is Key to Developing Musical Skill Later in Life

Dec. 22, 2020 — Is there, as some have suggested, a developmental period early in life when the brain is especially receptive to musical training? The answer, according to new research, is probably ...

Network Neuroscience Theory Best Predictor of Intelligence

Dec. 20, 2022 — Scientists have labored for decades to understand how brain structure and functional connectivity drive intelligence. A new analysis offers the clearest picture yet of how various brain regions and ...

Can We Learn to Think Further Ahead?

May 31, 2023 — Chess grandmasters are often held up as the epitome of thinking far ahead. But can others, with a modest amount of practice, learn to think further ahead? In addressing this question, a team of ...

What Is the Best Way to Group Students? Math Model

Sep. 7, 2022 — Researchers have developed a new approach that uses math to determine the best ways to group individuals to maximize learning. Their work has broad implications in education, as well as in economics, ...

Study Examines Role of Working Memory, Cognitive Functions in English Learners Learning to Write

Oct. 17, 2023 — A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

Women, Early-Career Academics More Likely to Feel Like 'Impostors' in Disciplines That Prize Brilliance, Study Finds

Aug. 5, 2021 — The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or 'brilliance' for success, the more both women and early-career academics feel professionally inadequate -- like ...

Study Shows Link Between Mental and Physical Health

Nov. 9, 2023 — A new study has found that individuals with severe mental illness are almost twice as likely to report physical multimorbidity, emphasizing the critical importance of addressing the intersection ...

Role of Physical, Mental Health in Cognitive Impairment

Apr. 20, 2021 — A recent study suggests that preserving physical and mental health helps older adults experiencing cognitive impairment stave off declines in cognitive ...

Scholars Link Diet, Dentition, and Linguistics

Jan. 14, 2021 — Anthropologists used a novel data analysis of thousands of languages, in addition to studying a unique subset of celebrities, to reveal how a soft food diet -- contrasted with the diet of ...

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Brittle Stars Can Learn Just Fine -- Even Without a Brain

Nov. 29, 2023 — We humans are fixated on big brains as a proxy for smarts. But headless animals called brittle stars have no brains at all and still manage to learn through experience, new research reveals. These shy marine creatures have no brain to speak of -- ...

'Woman the Hunter': Studies Aim to Correct History

Nov. 20, 2023 — New research combined both physiological and archaeological evidence to argue that not only did prehistoric women engage in the practice of hunting, but their female anatomy and biology would have made them intrinsically better suited for ...

US Men Die 6 Years Before Women, as Life Expectancy Gap Widens

Nov. 14, 2023 — We've known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research shows that, at least in the United States, the gap has been widening for more than a ...

AI Faces Look More Real Than Actual Human Face

Nov. 13, 2023 — White faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) now appear more real than human faces, according to new research. In the study, more people thought AI-generated white faces were human than the faces of real people. The same wasn't true for ...

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Researchers Identify Cell Signaling Pathway Controlling Melanoma Cell Metastasis to the Brain

Nov. 29, 2023 — Researchers have been working to better understand what drives melanoma brain metastasis. They now report on the identification of a cell signaling ...

Brain Scans of Former NFL Athletes Show a Repair Protein in Place Long After Initial Injury

Nov. 29, 2023 — In a new study using brain scans of former NFL athletes, researchers say they found high levels of a repair protein present long after a traumatic ...

Mindfulness-Based Intervention Shows Promise for PTSD in Cardiac Arrest Survivors

Nov. 29, 2023 — A novel pilot study incorporating mindfulness into exposure therapy shows promise for reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress in cardiac arrest ...

Drugs Already Licensed Could Be Trialled to Potentially Treat Secondary Brain Cancer

Nov. 29, 2023 — The largest review of papers for brain cancer that has spread from the lungs has found abnormalities in the brain cancer and for which licensed drugs ...

Soccer Heading Linked to Measurable Decline in Brain Function

Nov. 29, 2023 — New research links soccer heading -- where players hit the ball with their head -- to a measurable decline in the microstructure and function of the brain over a two-year ...

Eye-Safe Laser Technology to Diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury

Nov. 29, 2023 — Researchers have designed and developed a novel diagnostic device to detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) by shining a safe laser into the ...

New Study Reveals the Critical Role of Microglia in Human Brain Development

Nov. 14, 2023 — An international team of scientists has uncovered the vital role of microglia, the immune cells in the brain that acts as its dedicated defense team, in early human brain development. By ...

Conscientious Personalities Less at Risk of Dementia Diagnosis

Nov. 29, 2023 — People with personality traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion and positive affect are less likely to be diagnosed with dementia than those with neuroticism and negative affect, according to ...

Tracing the Evolution of the 'Little Brain'

Nov. 29, 2023 — The evolution of higher cognitive functions in humans has so far mostly been linked to the expansion of the neocortex. Researchers are increasingly realizing, however, that the 'little brain' or ...

Researchers Find Connections Between Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 29, 2023 — Investigators revealed how genetic changes in certain types of brain cells may contribute to the inflammatory response seen in Alzheimer's ...