People who are rewarded for making correct decisions learn quickly. While the "carrot" approach may produce favorable results, little is understood about how rewards facilitate the learning process.
How memory is disrupted in those with disease linked to learning disabilities Imagine if your brain lost its working memory -- the ability to hold and manipulate information in your mind's eye. That's the plight faced by millions of people with neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1. Now a UCLA research team has uncovered new clues about how NF1 disrupts working memory. Their findings suggest a potential drug target for correcting NF1-related learning disabilities.
How music training primes nervous system and boosts learning A data-driven review pulls together converging research from the scientific literature linking musical training to learning that spills over to skills including language, speech, memory, attention and even vocal emotion. The science covered comes from labs all over the world, from scientists of varying scientific philosophies, using a wide range of research methods.
How can we improve the science and practice of psychological science? The journal Perspectives on Psychological Science has published an unmissable open-access issue all about how we can improve psychological research. There are 26 articles in all, focusing on how psychological research is conducted, reviewed and published, as well as papers on the teaching of psychology and the application of psychology in the real world.Perhaps most enjoyable is a piece by David
How Brain Remembers Single Events Single events account for many of our most vivid memories -- a marriage proposal, a wedding toast, a baby's birth. Until a recent discovery, however, scientists knew little about what happens inside the brain that allows you to remember such events.
Depressed People Have Trouble Learning 'Good Things In Life' While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences. Researchers found that depressed and non-depressed people were about equal in their ability to learn negative information that was presented to them.
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