Learning to play a musical instrument doesn’t make you smarter, study finds
Children playing musical instruments in Scotland. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Murdo Macleod There seems to be a general belief, especially among parents, ...
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Professional athletes learn faster than University students
There's a common stereotype that depicts athletes as being grunts that are all brawn and no brain. In reality, the truth ...
Understanding boredom and whether or not it can be cured
(c) Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images Boredom seems to be a dominant "affliction" of the 21st century. That's not to say it's ...
Cognitive computing milestone: IBM simulates 530 billon neurons and 100 trillion synapses
First initiated in 2008 by IBM, the Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) program whose final goal is that ...
Viewing photos of cute animals at work boosts productivity, Japanese study says
Interestingly enough, a group of cognitive psychologists at Japan's Hiroshima University found that browsing through cute photos, such as those ...
Computer analyses fine art like an expert would. Art only for humans?
When fine art is concerned, or visual arts in general for that matter, complex cognitive functions are at play as ...
Pulling all-nighters before tests is counter-productive – does more harm than good
The findings of a new research at UCLA, suggest that cramming all night before a big test, something that we've ...
We make mistakes more often and learn harder when rules change
Someone whose been driving for 20 years, let's say, in the United States and somehow ends up driving a car ...
Human brain perceives men as persons and women as parts, study finds
When you first see this magnificent painting by Ukranian painter Oleg Shuplyak, your brain perceives the portrait of the famous ...
Humans think more rationally in a foreign language, study finds
“Would you make the same decisions in a foreign language as you would in your native tongue?” asks Boaz Keysar, ...
Chewing gum makes you smarter
Chewing without actually eating seems pretty weird, if you think a bit about it, even so it's a highly popular ...
Expand short-term memory through exercises
The average brain can only hold about five to seven pieces of information at a time within 30 seconds - ...
