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To conclude, research conducted in recent decades has taught us that many of the high-level functions that were traditionally associated with consciousness can occur nonconsciously … for example, learning, forming intuitions that determine our decisions, executive functions, and goal pursuit.
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A paper came out this week in Nature Neuroscience with the conclusion: Humans can learn new information during sleep.
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By strategically inducing confusion in a learning session on difficult conceptual topics, people actually learned more effectively and were able to apply their knowledge to new problems.
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Infants ignore information that is too simple or too complex, focusing instead on situations that are "just right," according to a new study to be published in the journal PLoS ONE on May 23.
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"Advances in technology provide the awareness that not only does the brain grow prenatally, but brain research also informs us that a great amount of development happens in the pre-school years. It is both critical and exciting to realize that 90% of a child’s brain develops from conception to age five." Via Deborah McNelis, M.Ed
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American students need a dramatically new approach to improve how they learn science, says a noted group of scientists and educators led by Michigan State University professor William Schmidt.
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Click to read New Kinds of Smart: How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education online and at no charge. Although the book is written for educators, it has much that is informative to conflict professionals, too.
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Tapping out a beat may help children learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings due to be published in the journal Educational Studies in Mathematics.
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Merging the real world with its mirror in a virtual world so that students can be immersed in a hybrid learning environment that permits improved language teaching: that is the objective of scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid who...
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Synaptic plasticity – the ability of the synaptic connections between the brain's neurons to change and modify over time -- has been shown to be a key to memory formation and the acquisition of new learning behaviors.
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A new school system in Sweden eliminated all of its classrooms in favor of an environment that fosters children's "curiosity and creativity."
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Memories can be reactivated during sleep and strengthened in the process, Northwestern University research suggests. More about SLEEP: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=sleep
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Students are the future, but what's the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn. Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these eduvators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student?
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What stops many people from learning something new is the thought that they are too old, not good enough or just plain busy. If my own experience is any guide, none of these matter much. Taking up an instrument (starting at age 38) has been one of the most challenging but rewarding things I've ever done.
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A new study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning -- and how omega-3 fatty acids can minimize the damage. SUGAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=sugar
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By Philip Moeller for U.S. News Your mind may be the closest thing to the Holy Grail of longevity and happiness. Via Kelly Hulme, Gina Stepp
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A study by American scientists with contribution by a Greek neuroscientist is very close to understanding the mysteries of the brain. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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In a recent article, Stiglitz says that our problem is “rooted in the kinds of jobs we have, the kind we need, and the kind we're losing, and rooted as well in the kind of workers we want, and the kind we don't know what to do with.” To advance our economy, Stiglitz believes that wrenching, fundamental change is required – no less dramatic than the shifts experienced by an earlier generation during the Great Depression.
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"Second Life is an open-ended online world. Users design their own surroundings, and create avatars as their characters to work there. The avatars can interact with each other; they can cooperate towards a common goal, or make business deals with each other, or sabotage each other. Second Life can facilitate some interesting experiments that might not be possible in real life." Via EDTECH@UTRGV, Erskine S.Weekes-Libert
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“You can see what’s happening with the help of our new neuro-imaging tech, and it’s very clear that the reward is being very, very stimulated by video games. What’s clear is that when the rewards system is stimulated your efficiency of learning improves.”
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Researchers report that brain scans can help predict how people will perform a challenging mental task, a discovery that could lead to a better understanding of how the mind learns new things.
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A recent study shows that students using paper textbooks don’t score as well as those who use digitized versions.
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