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UrduA new video game framework brings together two well-studied approaches to educational software in order to keep multiple players engrossed in the learning experience while fostering collaboration and problem solving. The framework is one of the first to integrate narrative-centered…
Tag: LEARNING/LITERACY/READING
Event on jazz and the brain
Award-winning musician to debut compositions inspired by residency with Columbia University neuroscientists
The smell of old books could help preserve them
Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant (almonds, caramel and chocolate) to nasty (formaldehyde, old clothes and trash). Detecting early signs of paper degradation could help guide preservation efforts, but most techniques destroy the very…
Teaching group work to students with autism
Structured protocol for group work could increase social interaction for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Research to make (fun) multi-player gaming an educational experience
A new video game framework brings together two well-studied approaches to educational software in order to keep multiple players engrossed in the learning experience while fostering collaboration and problem solving. The framework is one of the first to integrate narrative-centered…
Event on jazz and the brain
Award-winning musician to debut compositions inspired by residency with Columbia University neuroscientists
The smell of old books could help preserve them
Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant (almonds, caramel and chocolate) to nasty (formaldehyde, old clothes and trash). Detecting early signs of paper degradation could help guide preservation efforts, but most techniques destroy the very…
Teaching group work to students with autism
Structured protocol for group work could increase social interaction for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time
To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what’s the right amount of failure? New research led by the University of Arizona proposes a mathematical answer to that question. Educators and educational scholars have long recognized that there is…
Childhood chores not related to self-control development
Additional finding: Self-control development predicts future job outcomes
Talk to the hand
MU researchers find human brain can rewire itself after a traumatic bodily injury
What factors predict success?
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
What factors predict success?
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
What factors predict success?
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
Memory training builds upon strategy use
Researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden, have for the first time obtained clear evidence of the important role strategies have in memory training. Training makes participants adopt various strategies to manage the task, which then affects…
People pay more attention to stimuli they associate with danger
Paying attention to a threat then causes a person to perceive it as being more dangerous
Finding upends theory about the cerebellum’s role in reading and dyslexia
WASHINGTON — New brain imaging research debunks a controversial theory about dyslexia that can impact how it is sometimes treated, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists say. The cerebellum, a brain structure traditionally considered to be involved in motor function, has…
Rewarding teamwork is key to improving primary children’s spelling, says study
Findings show it’s better for teachers to reward highest achieving team instead of best performing pupil
Smartphone typing speeds catching up with keyboards
A study of over 37,000 users shows that the ‘typing gap’, the difference typing speeds between mobile devices and physical keyboards is decreasing, and 10-19-year olds can type about 10 words-per-minute faster than their parents’ generation
Cerebral reperfusion of reading network predicts recovery of reading ability after stroke
New Jersey researchers find early reperfusion of left reading network predicts reading ability in people recovering from left-sided stroke
Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed
Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of computations in the brain. In a study published today in the journal PNAS ,…
Great apes have you on their mind
Apes are shown to rely on self-experience to anticipate others’ actions
How meaning is represented in the human brain
Linguistic and experiential information shape neural representations of sentence meaning
Distractions distort what’s real, study suggests
Shifting attention can interfere with our perceptions of reality
Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development
Intuitively, it is tempting to think that a child who has an elder brother or sister will grow up in a stimulating linguistic environment and will develop their language skills faster than the family’s firstborn. However, several studies have shown…
Study finds increase in women giving TED talks but not ethnic minorities
Women gave more than half of TED talks in the first half of 2017, up from less than one-third in 2006, according to a new study published in Political Research Exchange . But the German research team also found that…
Building a storytelling app to support literacy amongst deaf children
Prototyping apps to promote literacy is the latest study in Elsevier’s Telematics and Informatics to
Neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk
UMass Amherst researchers receive grant to study how young kids develop self-regulation
New imaging methods will examine the coordination of brain and heart activity
Neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk
UMass Amherst researchers receive grant to study how young kids develop self-regulation
New imaging methods will examine the coordination of brain and heart activity
Two studies reveal benefits of mindfulness for middle school students
Focusing awareness on the present moment can enhance academic performance and lower stress levels
Dyslexia could affect pass rates in UK GP clinical skills exam
Trainee doctors who have dyslexia, and who declare this prior to taking the clinical skills component of the licensing exam for general practice, are less likely to pass than their counterparts, new research has shown. The Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)…
Is it autism? The line is getting increasingly blurry
Around the world, the number of people diagnosed with autism is rising. In the United States, the prevalence of the disorder has grown from 0.05% in 1966 to more than 2% today. In Quebec, the reported prevalence is close to…
A society’s cultural practices shape the structure of its social networks
Social groups that prefer individuals who possess a wide range of skills are less well-connected tha