Learning from each other – MIT McGovern Institute
Study reveals how the brain integrates observations of others’ experiences with personal experience to better understand the world. Experience is ...
Tag: Learning
Learning to Love Yourself Again: A Practical Guide to Self-Compassion
There are seasons in life where you look in the mirror and barely recognize the person staring back. Not because ...
Neural Ultrasound Boosts Learning in 60 Seconds
Summary: Researchers have successfully altered human reward learning using non-invasive transcranial ultrasound stimulation directed at a deep brain structure linked ...
Brain Learning Power Peaks at Specific Times of Day
Summary: A new study reveals that the brain’s responsiveness and capacity for learning shift with the time of day, governed ...
Identifying kids who need help learning to read isn’t as easy as A, B, C
In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten — a process that is meant to ...
Learning from punishment – MIT McGovern Institute
Computational model makes sense of the cognitive processes humans use to evaluate punishment. From toddlers’ timeouts to criminals’ prison sentences, ...
Learning to Let Go of a Grudge
“I tried to hold your hand, but you'd rather hold your grudge” (“Which to Bury; Us or the Hatchet?” by ...
How Learning Reshapes Your Brain’s Connections
Summary: New research reveals that learning doesn’t just alter brain activity — it physically rewires the connections between key brain ...
Synapses Use Multiple Learning Rules to Encode New Information
Summary: New research reveals that individual neurons follow multiple learning rules simultaneously, challenging the long-held belief that synaptic plasticity operates ...
Multilingualism Starts Early: Study Challenges View on Language Learning
Summary: A new study of 121 infants in Accra, Ghana, reveals that babies regularly hear between two and six languages ...