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How sounds may influence fetal development
A new study by Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland found that exposure to sound encouraged more diverse cortical connections in newborn mice than mice housed in silent enclosures. The mice who...
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Ineffective ‘learning styles’ theory persists in education
Swansea University research published a new review about the widespread belief that students should be taught according to their “learning style.” The team found that not only is the method...
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Difficulty learning nonsense words may indicate a child’s high risk of dyslexia
In a new study, dyslexic 7- and 8-year-olds were shown to have different activation in the left hemisphere compared to the control group. This is the region of the brain that specializes in processing...
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Species of gut bacteria linked to enhanced cognition and language in boys
A new study from the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry found that infant boys with a higher composition of a particular gut microbiota show enhanced neurodevelopment....
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Words and sounds processed separately but simultaneously in brain
Neuroscientists have discovered a new pathway in our brains that processes the sounds of language. The new research indicates that auditory and speech processing occur in parallel. This contradicts the...
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Using the internet in retirement boosts cognitive function
Researchers from three higher institutions examined the cognitive function of more than 2,000 retirees from across Europe and found that post-retirement internet usage is associated with substantially...
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Office air quality may affect employees’ cognition and productivity
New research led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that air quality within an office can have significant impacts on employees’ cognitive function. The skills affected include...
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Flickering screens may help kids with reading and writing difficulties
A new Swedish-Norwegian study has found that children with reading and writing difficulties who are presented with text on screens with flickering white noise both read better and remember what they...
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Brain activity patterns emerge during musical analysis
Researchers at the University of Tokyo used MRIs to look at the brains of secondary students during musical observation and found that students who had trained to play music from a young age had...
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Some neurons respond to singing but not other music
Neuroscientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that light up when we hear singing, but not other types of music. The neurons, which...
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