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Meet the Newly Discovered Brain Cell that Allows You to Remember Objects

Meet the Newly Discovered Brain Cell that Allows You to Remember Objects

A new type of brain cell that plays a central role in our ability to remember and recognize objects reshapes our understanding of how memory works.

Posted in Memory, Neuroscience

'With a Grain of Salt': How Humans Learn From Others

'With a Grain of Salt': How Humans Learn From Others

Understanding how we learn from others despite our individual differences

Posted in Memory, Neuroscience, Social Development

Why Our Brains Prefer Symbols to Words

Why Our Brains Prefer Symbols to Words

New study dives into our brain’s knack for recalling symbols and logos over their word counterparts.
Posted in Attention, Language, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience, Reading Skills

How The Brain’s Internal Compass Works

How The Brain’s Internal Compass Works

New study reveals how the brain makes sense of changing environmental cues.
Posted in Learning & Memory, Memory, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

How The Instinct to Explore Helps The Brain Learn

How The Instinct to Explore Helps The Brain Learn

How an instinct to explore helps animals learn to map their environment.
Posted in Engagement, Learning & Memory, Memory, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

When Learning, Remembering and Recalling Don't Sync

When Learning, Remembering and Recalling Don't Sync

What happens in the brain when your mind goes blank? New research identifies critical processes that determine whether we remember or forget.

 

Posted in Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

Can Children Map Read at the Age of Four?

Can Children Map Read at the Age of Four?

Children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of four – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Posted in Education, Language, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

Not All Preschool Math Games Are Equal

Not All Preschool Math Games Are Equal

Researchers explore whether number line games based on the concept of the mental number line can improve children’s number knowledge and basic arithmetic skills.
Posted in Education, Learning & Memory, Mathematics, Memory, Neuroscience, School Readiness

Forgetting is Natural, But These Two Techniques Can Slow it Down

Forgetting is Natural, But These Two Techniques Can Slow it Down

Researchers find that using two well-known techniques together offer drastic changes in learning effectiveness.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

Lemon Not Melon: How Our Brains “Time-Stamp” Sounds to Process the Words We Hear

Lemon Not Melon: How Our Brains “Time-Stamp” Sounds to Process the Words We Hear

While the brain’s role in processing individual sounds has been well-researched, there is much we don’t know about how we manage the fast auditory sequences that constitute speech.
Posted in Education, Language, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

Making Memories While We Sleep: One Brain Region Teaches Another

Making Memories While We Sleep: One Brain Region Teaches Another

As the body moves between REM and slow-wave sleep cycles, the hippocampus and neocortex interact in ways that are key to memory formation.

Posted in Health & Wellness, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience

What You Know Changes How You See Things

What You Know Changes How You See Things

Which brain regions process objects? It depends on what we know about its purpose.
Posted in Attention, Learning & Memory, Memory, Neuroscience