LearningRx1 August, 2017 | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 3

Adults focus their attention but children notice what adults miss...

Aug 7, 2017 by

Two new studies found that when told to focus on one particular item, adults were very good at remembering information, thanks to selective attention. But 4- to 5-year-olds paid attention to everything that was presented to them, allowing them...

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LearningRx reviews potential new treatment for “chemo brain”...

Aug 5, 2017 by

While chemotherapy increases hydrogen peroxide levels in the brain, a chemical compound called KU-32 has been found to counter the negative effects of this substance, stopping chemotherapy-induced cognitive decline in rats....

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Horse-riding can improve children’s cognitive ability

Aug 3, 2017 by

Researchers from Tokyo University of Agriculture have discovered that the effects of vibrations produced by horses during horse-riding lead to the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which improves learning in children....

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LearningRx reviews link between dementia and unhealthy hearts...

Aug 1, 2017 by

A study out of the National University Health System has found a strong correlation between cardiac diseases and tiny brain lesions called cerebral microinfarcts, which are commonly found in patients with dementia or cognitive impairment....

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Puberty hormones trigger changes in youthful learning

Aug 1, 2017 by

Using mice, researcher from the University of California Berkeley have found that the onset of puberty seems to flip a switch of some sort in the brain’s frontal cortex that reduces flexibility in some forms of learning....

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