by Emma Griffiths, University of Sheffield Psychologists at the University of Sheffield have identified that core thinking skills are crucial in developing early number skills, and why children might differ widely in their early maths ability. Research from the University of Sheffield, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, investigated why children differ so much in their...
by University of Jyväskylä Elisa Ruohonen in the research laboratory. Photographer Xueqiao Li. Credit: University of Jyväskylä Depression has been associated with bias in the processing of emotional information. Studies have for example, shown, that depressed individuals attend to negative stimuli, interpret neutral faces as sad and have enhanced recall for negative words. However, the bias...
Posted Today Researchers long wondered how the billions of independent neurons in the brain come together to reliably build a biological machine that easily beats the most advanced computers. All of those tiny interactions appear to be tied to something that guarantees an impressive computational capacity. Over the past 20 years, evidence mounted in support of a...
By SHARON BEGLEY @sxbegle t has been 27 years since an attack on a U.S. military convoy in the Middle East left Army reservist Melissa Dengan, now 63, with such serious head trauma that she was unconscious for five days. “I woke up back in the United States, and didn’t know how I got there,” she said....
Researchers asked 36 healthy adults to imagine moving their left hand Half were shown a display if they were activating the right parts of their brains The others were given false readings as a placebo to confirm the game’s impact Activity in the brains of those who weren’t given the placebo was stronger By TIM COLLINS FOR...
Scientists developed a technique for brain training capable to induce changes of neural networks in less than one hour. D’OR INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Less than one hour of brain training with neurofeedback leads to a strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain areas. This is the main finding of a new study conducted at D’Or Institute for Research...
Decoder, a new brain training app, promises to improve user attention and concentration with only one month of use. A science-backed app has improved the focus of participants in a new study by the researchers from the University of Cambridge. Decoder, which has recently been released on the Apple App Store, promises to help users...
Americans have been barraged in the past couple of weeks by a series of major news events – some of them unsettling. President Trump’s trip to Europe left many unsettled about the future of the decades-old U.S. relations with Europe, and a summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin left many uneasy when Trump did not forcefully...
OVERCOMING ACROPHOBIA. Afraid of heights? You’re not alone. In fact, acrophobia is one of the most common fears in the world. Now, a team of European researchers has found a new way to help people overcome their fear, no need to climb on any ledges or even talk to a therapist. The researchers enlisted 100 volunteers for their...
July 9, 2018 by Emma Yhnell, The Conversation In the search for new treatments, science often focuses on medication first. But drugs aren’t the only way to fight illness, particularly when looking at brain diseases. My research looks into how playing specially designed computer games might help people who are living with Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s is a brain disorder that gets...
