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Brain science

Perceptual learning

Shorter breaks, better learning

Published Dec 18, 2017

Research suggests that for certain types of learning, success depends on the length of breaks during practice

Image shows a bisection view of the brain and a view of the brain from the top with colored images showing where activity takes place

Neuroscience

Why we can't always stop what we've started

Published Dec 7, 2017

It takes a lightning-fast interaction among several areas in the brain to stop, reverse, or otherwise change a plan already in progress, neuroscientists find

Mmmmm chocolate

Junk food science

Published Oct 26, 2017

Food has the power to sneak in and grab our attention—especially junk food, study finds

Mental exercise

Training for your brain

Published Oct 17, 2017

Hopkins researchers identify specific exercise that boosts memory, attention

Science of Learning

Six proposals get seed funding

Published Sept 14, 2017

Science of Learning Institute supports cross-disciplinary projects that aim to further our understanding of how humans learn

Brain science

Serotonin: The key to unlocking Alzheimer's?

Published Aug 18, 2017

Brain scan study from School of Medicine adds to evidence that lower brain serotonin levels are linked to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia / School of Medicine