Different learning patterns lead to different type of memory formationOctober 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - McGill University researchers in Canada have shown that different patterns of training and learning lead to different types of memory formation. Describing a study they conducted in the Journal of Neuroscience, they say that its significance lies in the fact that it identifies the molecular differences between spaced training (distributed over time) and massed training (at very short intervals), shedding light on brain function and guiding learning and training principles.
Like humans, fruit flies too learn from experienced femalesSeptember 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Like humans, novice fruit flies tend to learn from their more experienced counterparts i.e. mated fruit flies, say researchers.
Learning musical instrument can help boost kids' intelligenceSeptember 10th, 2009 LONDON - Encouraging your children to learn a guitar or piano can help boost their memory and intelligence, suggest researchers. The research team from University of London's Institute of Education has found that learning to play an instrument expand the left side of the brain, enhancing kids' memory power by almost 20 per cent, reports Times Online.
Outspoken pupils perform betterSeptember 4th, 2009 LONDON - A new study has given kids the perfect excuse to throw traditional classroom adage "Sit quietly then teacher will begin" out of the window: Outspoken children learn more. Edinburgh University academics claimed that encouraging youngsters to speak out in class could be a more effective way for them to learn, reports The Scotsman.
6 Factors that affect your children mentally in schoolSeptember 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - An expert on classroom education at the University at Buffalo has listed six factors that affect whether elementary, middle and high school students get involved in the activities of their schools or feel detached. Dr. Jeremy D. Finn said that students who feel "disengaged" from school are at greater risk for dropping out, avoiding challenging courses, scoring low on standardized achievement tests and achieving less as adults.
Pupils learn by watching historical flicks, but repeat factual errors portrayed within themAugust 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Learning history by watching historically based blockbuster movies can make students to repeat mistakes portrayed in the flicks, reveals a new study from Washington University in St. Louis. The study has suggested that showing popular history movies in a classroom setting can be a double-edged sword when it comes to helping students learn and retain factual information in associated textbooks.
Neural mechanism of learning process unveiledJuly 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have revealed how a neural mechanism can provide real time snapshot of the learning process in humans. The researchers have described a neural mechanism that allows reward signals to be combined over time to drive successful learning.
Bilinguals more adept in picking up foreign languageMay 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Bilingual people are more adept in picking up a foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to the latest research. Their bilingual advantage persists even when the new language they study is completely different from the languages they already know.
Bilingual people better at learning foreign languages than monolingualsMay 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If you speak two languages, then it would be easier for you to learn the nuances of a new foreign language than your monolingual counterparts, according to a study by Northwestern University researchers. And this bilingual advantage persists even when the new language being studied is completely different from the languages one already know.
Fathers tend to tighten clamps on teens' risky sexual behaviourMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fathers tend to tighten clamps on adolescents when they engage in risky sexual behaviour, according to a new study. Researchers at Boston College, Universities of Pittsburgh and Harvard who conducted the study, followed more than 3,200 teenagers aged 13 to 18 over a period of four years.
Past experiences do come in handy while making complex decisionsMay 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Past experiences do come in handy when people have to make complex decisions based on uncertain or confusing information, according to a study. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the study has shown that learning from experience actually changes the circuitry in the brain, and so a person can quickly categorise what he/she is seeing and make a decision or carry out appropriate actions.
Octomom says she doesn't need a tummy tuckMay 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mother of octuplets Nadya Suleman has said she would never accept a tummy tuck even if it were offered as a freebie because she does not need it. The single, unemployed mum-of-14, who used in-vitro fertilization to conceive the eight babies and her previous six kids, ages 2 to 7, said she would let nature take its course on her body.
Teaching basic maths concepts more beneficial for pupils than showing exact solutionsApril 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Teaching basic concepts behind maths problems is more beneficial for students than the exact procedures to solve the problems, according to a new study by Vanderbilt University researchers
The results may offer teachers new insights on how best to shape maths instruction to have the greatest impact on student learning. "Teaching children the basic concept behind math problems was more useful than teaching children a procedure for solving the problems - these children gave better explanations and learned more," said Bethany Rittle-Johnson, assistant professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College.
Anaesthesia plays spoilsport in children's learningMarch 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Children under four years who are administered general anaesthesia are much more vulnerable to the risk of developing learning impairment compared to others of similar age, according to a new study. Randall Flick, a paediatrician at Rochester's Mayo Clinic, and his colleagues identified 593 children born between 1976 and 1982 who underwent anaesthesia before the age of four and more than 4,700 others who did not.
Greed for reward can spark unconscious learning in humansMarch 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - One need not have to pay attention to something in order to learn it, for now scientists have shown that the greed for reward can spark unconscious learning in humans. The new study by researchers at Boston University demonstrated that stimulus-reward pairing could elicit visual learning in adults, even without awareness of the stimulus presentation or reward contingencies.
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June 16th, 2009 at 4:44 am
I just finished an article on learning a second language helps boost children’s brain power, making children stronger, quicker and smarter. The effect is more obvious the earlier that a second language was learned.
So I think there is nothing to worry about learning two languages at the same time. Actually we as parents should encourage our children to learn a second language when they are young.