Dream way of passing exams?

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 26, 2001 ;     172 words ......properly. Their study, published in the journal Neuron, found that brain connections, which control learning and memory, grow twice as fast during...the effect of environmental stimuli on the development of new brain connections.'

YOUNGEST BRAIN CONNECTIONS DEGRADE FIRST

United Press International;  July 12, 2004 ;     188 words ...United Press International 07-12-2004 Youngest brain connections degrade first LOS ANGELES, Jul 12, 2004 (United...attacks the brain. This toxic environment disrupts brain connections and eventually leads to the brain- and mind-destroying...

Daydream on.(Letter to the editor)

Science News;  March 4, 2006 ;     167 words ......thought and daydreaming in people ( Alzheimer Clue: Busy brain connections may have downside, SN: 1/7/06, p. 3). Who can claim a basis...In the article, scientists drew the conclusion that busy brain connections may have the downside of producing amyloid beta, the waxy...

Tune in to TV or radio for area school closings.(Neighbor)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  January 4, 2000 ;     358 words ......curriculum is based on the latest brain development studies which link early stimulation with more brain connections and more brain connections with greater learning. The program helps translate this research into practical information and...

IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1933: Inter-cellular Brain...

International Herald Tribune;  July 1, 2008 ;     182 words ...International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune 07-01-2008 IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1933: Inter-cellular Brain Connections Byline: International Herald Tribune Edition: 1 Section: NEWS NEW YORK: -- While there is much yet to be discovered in...

WVU researchers find possible memory aid

Charleston Gazette;  December 5, 2007 ;     518 words ......Morgantown found that the cancer drug Bryostatin stimulates brain connections in rats. The drug essentially rewires the brain, according...those animals," Alkon said. Bryostatin also may stimulate brain connections when paired with learning exercises, which could lead to...

AN ACTIVE MIND HELPS WARD OFF ALZHEIMER'S.(CNY)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 6, 2003 ;     79 words ......those who engage in abstract thinking are at lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, perhaps because of stronger brain connections. In one study, the University of Kentucky's David Snowdon looked at the early writings of 678 aged nuns. The better the...

In Georgia, Classical Babies?

The Washington Post;  January 14, 1998 ;     140 words ......to an infant, talking with an infant and especially having that infant listen to soothing music helps those trillions of brain connections to develop, especially the ones related to math," he said. Miller said he had asked Atlanta Symphony Conductor Yoel Levi...

DOCTORS GET FIRST VIEW OF DEVASTATING DISEASE

The Boston Globe;  October 26, 2004 ;     176 words ...Almost a century ago, scientists proposed that schizophrenia could be caused by disrupted brain connections, but only now are imaging technologies allowing scientists to find physical evidence linking schizoprehnic patients' symptoms to...

Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge.(Brief article)(Book...

Science News;  October 28, 2006 ;     160 words ......possibility of a device that could experience the world as people do. He explains that the brain is not a computer. Instead, brain connections are formed anew and selected in response to inputs from the body and from the outside world. He reviews the latest research...

What's known about the developing brain

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  May 23, 2003 ;     250 words ......through trillions of brain-cell connections made by sight, sound, smell, touch and movement. Positive experiences enhance brain connections, and negative experiences damage them. [] Young brains work at warp speed. An infant's brain can form new learning connections...

New Research Supports the Art and Science of Aging Well

U.S. Newswire;  May 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......brains into our 80s. Mental activity helps to increase brain connections and delays onset of dementia. Researchers from Pennsylvania...releases good chemicals into the brain and increases both brain connections and functioning. Researchers at the University of Illinois...

Investing early childcare will make a healthier and more productive...

Manila Bulletin;  January 16, 2001 ;     222 words ......childcare will make a healthier and more productive nation. We are aware that in the first three years of a child's life, brain connections multiply and a toddler's ability to speak, sense, walk, and reason are formed. Children who do not receive the care they...

PRACTICE BUILDS BRAIN CONNECTIONS FOR BABIES LEARNING LANGUAGE, HOW TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......babies have to play and practice just as they later will in learning how to throw a baseball or ride a bike. Babies form brain connections by listening to themselves and linking what they hear to what they did to cause the sounds. Eventually they will use this...

Synesthesia tied to brain connections.(NEUROSCIENCE)(Brief article)

Science News;  May 26, 2007 ;     180 words ...People who experience specific colors when looking at particular letters, such as seeing sky blue when shown an R, possess an unusual abundance of connections in brain areas involved in word and color perception, a new brain-imaging investigation finds. The condition, one of several forms of