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Academy of Finland to launch 4 new research programmes
The research funding organisation Academy of Finland has decided to launch four new research programmes and one targeted programme during 2002. A total of EUR 19.3 million has been earmarked for the new research programmes, with a further EUR 1.7 million for the targeted programme. The final figures will be available when the state budget for 2002... view more... (2001-11-09)
Sense of pain learned by touching
The fact that a newborn baby can experience pain has previously been taken as evidence that pain reflexes are inborn, not learned. This is because the baby in the womb has been protected from everything that could cause pain and should therefore not have been able to learn what pain is. But according to a team of scientists at Lund University,... view more... (2004-05-25)
A young brain for an old bee
We are all familiar with the fact that cognitive function declines as we get older. Moreover, recent studies have shown that the specific kind of daily activities we engage in during the course of our lives appears to influence the extent of this decline. view more (2009-07-01)
Like Herding Cats: Collaborative Learning across Multiple Institutions
It started innocently enough. A collaborative research course taught at one university led to conversations about graduate teaching among colleagues residing at different universities. view more (2009-01-21)
Pheromone from mother's milk may rapidly promote learning in newborn mammals
By studying the ability of newborn rabbit pups to learn the significance of new odors, researchers have found that a mammary pheromone secreted in mother's milk may act as a chemical booster that facilitates the ability of pups to quickly associate environmental odors with the opportunity to nurse. view more (2006-10-10)
Measuring the brain's 'rich switch'
Economists have postulated that people's perception of the value of financial gains decreases as they become richer, but scientists have not really been able to measure this change in "marginal utility" in the laboratory" until now. view more (2007-04-05)
Abertay conference to consider how technology helps widen access to further and higher education
A quiet revolution in the way ordinary Scots can access higher and further education is to be discussed at the University of Abertay Dundee next week. Around 100 delegates from universities, colleges and education providers across the country will gather on 28 April for a conference organised by the Abertay Wider Access Centre (AWAC). Alasdair... view more... (2004-04-21)
Memory grows less efficient very early in Alzheimer's disease
Even very early in Alzheimer's disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information, a new study has found. view more (2009-05-04)
MU Study Finds Connection Between Evolution, Classroom Learning
Over thousands of years, humans have evolved to naturally understand things like facial expressions and social interactions. view more (2009-06-09)
Scans show learning 'sculpts' the brain's connections
Spontaneous brain activity formerly thought to be "white noise" measurably changes after a person learns a new task, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Chieti, Italy, have shown. view more (2009-10-09)
Altering genetic blueprint of receptors in brain could help stroke victims avoid brain damage
A University of Central Florida researcher has discovered that altering a receptor that mediates communication between nerve cells in the brain significantly improves animals' chances of surviving strokes and allows them to remain healthier afterwards. view more (2006-04-11)
Museum investment pays off
A project carried out at the University of Leicester has been hailed by Estelle Morris, UK Minister of State for the Arts, as "remarkable research [which] highlights the excellent work of Britain's regional museums." The Leicester research report, entitled "What did you learn in the museum today?" shows how extra funding of... view more... (2004-04-28)
Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers
Practice makes perfect - or at least that's what we're told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales - and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true. view more (2008-01-04)
Monkeys learn in the same way as humans, psychologists report
"Like humans, monkeys benefit enormously from being actively involved in learning instead of having information presented to them passively," said Nate Kornell, a UCLA postdoctoral scholar in psychology and lead author of the study, which appears in the August issue of the journal Psychological Science. view more (2007-08-02)
Christmas shopping habits examined by sociology student
Done all your Christmas shopping yet? Or will you be one of the many people still frantically running round the shops on Christmas Eve? Lucia Glover, a sociology student at the University of Sussex, is doing her final year project on the topic of Christmas shopping and examining the different ways people approach it. "I'm trying to find out... view more... (2002-11-27)
Media invitation: Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education and Skills to inaugurate University of Leicester Institute of Lifelong Learning
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills will be visiting the University of Leicester for the inauguration of the Leicester Institute of Lifelong Learning (LILL). The Rt Hon Estelle Morris, MP, will be formally opening LILL on 17 January at the Richard Attenborough Centre, after a visit to the University's Vaughan College where she will... view more... (2002-01-16)
How learning shapes successful decision making in the human brain
New research significantly advances our understanding of the brain mechanisms that link learning with flexible decision making. view more (2009-05-14)
Alcoholism-associated molecular adaptations in brain neurocognitive circuits
After many years of heavy drinking, alcohol produces pathological alterations in the brain. In many alcoholics these changes culminate in massive social deterioration and disorders of memory and learning. view more (2008-07-09)
Music proves a hit for young learners
Exposing babies and young children to music has a positive impact on their learning, researchers from Northumbria University will tell a conference this week. view more (2004-09-08)
Children under 3 can't learn action words from TV -- unless an adult helps
American infants and toddlers watch TV an average of two hours a day, and much of the programming is billed as educational. A new study finds that children under age 3 learn less from these videos that we might think-unless there's an adult present to interact with them and support their learning. view more (2009-09-15)
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