LearningRx1 Learning | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 26

People with Huntington’s learn faster

Sep 15, 2012 by

People with the gene for Huntington’s Disease learn faster, and the more pronounced the mutation, the faster they learn. It seems that with Huntington’s, there’s more neurotransmitter glutamate released, which is important for learning....

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Proof you can learn while you sleep

Aug 28, 2012 by

A new study shows you can learn while you sleep. Researchers found that sleeping participants who heard a tone followed by an odor would either sniff (if they had eventually learned to associate that tone with a good odor)...

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Some dyslexia caused by thalamus not processing speech sounds correctly...

Aug 11, 2012 by

There’s new evidence out of Germany that indicates that some dyslexia is caused by the medial geniculate body (part of the thalamus) not processing speech sounds correctly....

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