News tagged with cognitive plasticity
Ritalin boosts learning by increasing brain plasticity
Doctors treat millions of children with Ritalin every year to improve their ability to focus on tasks, but scientists now report that Ritalin also directly enhances the speed of learning.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 07, 2010 |
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The fancier the cortex, the smarter the brain?
Why are some people smarter than others? In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo, The St ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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New insight into Alzheimer’s disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new molecule important in a part of the memory that allows recognition of people has been identified by researchers at the University of Bristol. This type of memory is impaired at an early ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 24, 2008 |
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