Gestures and pictures boost ability to learn a foreign language...
A new study says that multisensory learning is best when it comes to quickly learning a foreign language....
read moreYoung and middle-aged benefit most from sleep
Although sleep doesn’t matter as much to memory when you’re in your 70s, 80s and 90s, it definitely plays a role in memory and learning for young and middle-aged adults....
read moreJust 2 hours of physical activity can improve school performance...
New research indicates that even just two hours of extra physical activity each week can improve school performance....
read moreModel shows how brain stays stable while learning
A team from three institutions has created a mathematical model that shows how the brain remains stable during learning....
read moreGene could prompt growth of new neurons in adults
New research published in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” indicates that stimulating a specific gene could lead adults to grow new neurons for faster learning and memory....
read moreMother’s excessive perchlorate level affects baby’s IQ
Too much of a common chemical, perchlorate, harms a fetus’s brain....
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