LearningRx1 Learning | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 25

Drinking water can increase – and decrease – brain’s performance...

Aug 6, 2013 by

If you’re thirsty, drinking water can improve your performance on tasks that require you to respond quickly. But for complex-rule-learning tasks, performance appears to actually decrease slightly after drinking water. It’s not yet been determined why water helps some...

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Analyzing resting brain connections can predict learning ability...

Jul 27, 2013 by

Using MRIs, researchers studied human brains at rest and during the performance of a new task (before and after a training over two weeks). They found that participants who had greater connectivity between two particular regions of the brain...

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WHITE PAPER: Dyslexia and Reading Problems

May 22, 2013 by

“Dyslexia and Reading Problems” by Lori Bryan, Ph.D....

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Study shows adults learn as well as college students

Mar 7, 2013 by

Adults of any age can learn from tests (vs. just rereading or restudying information). In this particular study, the improvement of the adults was significant and comparable to that of the college students....

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New insight into learning and memory

Feb 8, 2013 by

A new study the Montreal Neurological Institute says that DCC (a receptor for a crucial protein in the nervous system) plays a big role in regulating brain plasticity. When DCC is absent, there is memory loss similar to that...

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Gender differences in composition (writing)

Sep 18, 2012 by

A new study says girls write better than boys – and we’re not talking about handwriting. Students in 8th and 12th grade were asked to write to persuade, to explain and to convey and experience. The girls in 8th grade scored...

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