Babies find it easier to learn words with repetitive syllables rather than mixed sounds, a study suggests.
Assessments of language learning in 18-month-olds suggest that children are better at grasping the names of objects with repeated syllables, over words with...
Unlocking the mysteries of our senses: An NIH Study shows that two young patients with a mutation in the PIEZO2 have problems with touch and proprioception, or body awareness.Credit: Bönnemann Lab, NIH/NINDS, Bethesda, MD
NIH study of rare genetic disorder...
Cooperation -- between family members, friends, coworkers and even governments around the world -- is viewed as a cornerstone of human society. But not everyone cooperates equally, as anyone who's worked on a group project knows. And one factor...
In situ image of the recorded baboons.Credit: © Caralyn Kemp and Julie Gullstrand / Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology (CNRS/AMU
Baboons produce vocalizations comparable to vowels. This is what has been demonstrated by an international team coordinated by researchers from the...
Early in learning (left) the shock is unexpected and sends a powerful signal to the amygdala (lateral portion, LA) to trigger a memory of the tone-shock association. After learning (right) the tone fully predicts the shock and engages a...
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has made a breakthrough in the field of noninvasive robotic device control. Using a noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI), researchers have developed the first-ever successful...
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African-American women with lower socio-economic status have an increased risk of depressive disorders, yet they rarely seek out antidepressants or psychotherapy because of negative attitudes and stigma associated with conventional mental health treatments.
A new pilot Northwestern Medicine study...
The location of the 'physics engine' in the brain is highlighted in color in this illustration.Credit: Jason Fischer/JHU
Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting...
Do you often take chances and yet still land on your feet? Then you probably have a well-developed brain.
This surprising discovery has been made as part of a project studying the brains of young male high and low risk-takers....
This picture shows 3-D reconstructions of electron microscope images of tree branch-like dendrites. At the end of the branches are cup-like structures called the spines, and in the tips of the spines are synapses. By studying thousands of images...
For a recent “positive computing” study by informatics researchers at UCI, subjects were asked to smile and snap a selfie with their smartphone every day for three weeks.Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI
Regularly snapping selfies with your smartphone and sharing...
