News tagged with learning ability

Hotter homes produce smarter babies

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hotter home appears to produce babies with better cognitive abilities - but before you turn up the home heater to make your baby brainier, the research was conducted on the Australian lizard ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Low-cost electronic tablet proves worth in Indian classroom

The U.S.- and Singapore-based creators of the low-cost I-slate electronic tablet are preparing for full-scale production now that a yearlong series of tests has shown that the device is an effective learning ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Piglets open doors to study infant brain development

Events occurring during the development of an infant's brain can leave behind fingerprints. And researchers at the University of Illinois are interested in learning how these fingerprints can predict future behavioral problems ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Learning deficits in adolescence linked to novel brain receptor

It is well known that the onset of puberty marks the end of the optimal period for learning language and certain spatial skills, such as computer/video game operation. Recent work published in the journal Science by Sheryl ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people

(PhysOrg.com) -- Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Preschoolers' language development is partly tied to their classmates' language skills

Young children learn how to speak and understand language from the words parents speak at home and teachers speak in preschool. A new longitudinal study has found that their preschool classmates also play a part.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11

Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0