A new study demonstrates neural basis for observation that practicing several skills in single session works better than narrow drills on one skill. Study also helps define time window for brain's learning of new skills.
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July 12, 2010
Why (smart) practice makes perfect
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September 21, 2009
Observation of tool use activates specific brain area only in humans
How'd those Frosted Flakes manage to get so high up? Who'd in their right mind put them there? Can't...reach. Aha! Stool! Argh...still no dice. Damn these short arms! Oh oh! Broom! Almost got it...almost...almost...::crash:: NOOO!!! Game Over.The discovery that a species other than human has the ability to use tools has, quite frankly, lost its novelty. Just look at the New Caledonian crow. If tr
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June 19, 2009
The vanishing left (Online Journal)
Herbert Marcuse was prescient in his observation in Eros and Civilization (1962) that "In every revolution there seems to have been a historical moment when the struggle against domination might have been victorious -- but the moment passed.
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