Whether due to recent findings that the PC is declining or not, IBM has announced a breakthrough in the field of cognitive computing, one that might actually spawn computers that can learn by themselves.IBM has been experimenting with new chip designs for quite some time and it looks like it might pull off something... |
19 August 2011
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A new analysis on the impact that genes have over academic success, led by Florida State criminologist, finds a link between low grades in adolescence and dopamine genes.Basically, the renowned biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of The Florida State University, says that if the DNA has one or more of three speci... |
3 September 2010
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Lumosity has announced the release of its fifth iPhone application, Lumosity Brain Trainer. The app requires an iPhone or iPod touch running iPhone OS version 3.1.2, and offers a complete brain-training experience in a mobile format, according to its developers. The cognitive neuroscience company behind Lumosity.com ... |
21 January 2010
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With so many differences between the brain of a woman and that of a man, no wonder they work differently. Studies are decoding little by little these cognitive differences. A new research published in the journal "Current Directions in Psychological Science" reveals how memory abilities vary between the sexes. The ... |
21 February 2008
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Did your wife forget to treat you right after giving birth? That's normal, as a new Australian research published in the "Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology" has confirmed that pregnancy can cause memory impairment. The issue can last for at least a year after giving birth, but these effects ar... |
6 February 2008
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Being East Asian is more than the almond eye, yellowish skin, sushi, rice, soy sauce and the weird glyphs. The brain works differently! A new MIT research published in "Psychological Science" shows how the Westerners and the East Asian people use their brains differently when facing the same visual perceptual issue.I... |
14 January 2008
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Sleeping less than 7-8 hours per night could cut short your life because of cardiovascular issues, with an increase of 110 %, as revealed by some researches. Another recent research has showed that sleep loss in children (and not only) makes them prone to obesity. Sleep loss has also been connected to lowered immune ... |
3 January 2008
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Now, this crap won't make your child a brainy Hawkings but on the contrary, dumb as a rock. Encourage your child to learn language from DVDs and videos like "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" and he/she will hardly manage to express himself/herself...A new research made at the University of Washington and Seattle... |
10 August 2007
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Indeed, grandparents may not be very funny. And a new research brings up scientific support for the idea that older adults have a harder time understanding jokes, fact which deepens with age. It appears that older adults could have greater difficulties when it comes to their cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning ... |
12 July 2007
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It may look like a joke, but the length of children's fingers can forecast their learning ability, as students. Individuals with longer ring fingers than index fingers have a flair for math and exact sciences, as compared to literacy or verbal scores, while children with the reverse finger-length case are more p... |
23 May 2007
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