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Viewers Can Learn A Lot About Objects In Their Field Of Vision, Even Without Paying Attention

Posted May 3rd, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2009) — A visual learning study by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston indicates that viewers can learn a great deal about objects in their field of vision even without paying attention.

Contrary to common belief, attention may actually impair the ability of people to draw conclusions based on the visual images or stimuli they observe, reports Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., the study’s senior author and an assistant professor at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
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Sleep May Help Clear Brain For New Learning

Posted May 3rd, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2009) — A new theory about sleep's benefits for the brain gets a boost from fruit flies in the journal Science. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found evidence that sleep, already recognized as a promoter of long-term memories, also helps clear room in the brain for new learning.

Brain Hub That Links Music, Memory And Emotion Discovered

Posted May 3rd, 2009 by Anonymous
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ScienceDaily  (Feb. 24, 2009) — We all know the feeling: a golden oldie comes blaring over the radio and suddenly we're transported back — to a memorable high-school dance, or to that perfect afternoon on the beach with friends. But what is it about music that can evoke such vivid memories?

The Change Management Newsletter

Posted April 9th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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 The Change Management Newsletter

Table of Contents
1. Editorial
2. Tool of the Month: the Change Journey Map
3. Virtual Unconference on Collaboration
4. Berlin Change Days 2010 - call for proposals extended
5. Lead Change By Design

Dear,

this is the Change Management Newsletter of March 2010.
1. Editorial

Listening To Music Can Change The Way You Judge Facial Emotions

Posted May 16th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (May 7, 2009) — It is often said that music is the language of emotions. Simply, we are moved by music. But can these musically induced emotions arising through the auditory sense influence our interpretation of emotions arising through other senses (eg visual)?

Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance With 'Clickers'

Posted May 15th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2009) — Across the University of Colorado at Boulder campus students are sharing answers, checking their responses to questions against those of their neighbors and making adjustments to those answers in hopes of earning a better grade.

Not surprisingly, the students are getting more answers right. But what may be startling is that professors are encouraging the whole thing.

Readers Build Vivid Mental Simulations Of Narrative Situations

Posted May 16th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily — A new brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book — suggesting that readers create vivid mental simulations of the sounds, sights, tastes and movements described in a textual narrative while simultaneously activating brain regions used to process similar experiences in real life.

Effects Of Brain Exercise Depend On Opponent

Posted May 16th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily  — Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. New research has shown that the belief that one is playing against a virtual opponent has significant effects on activation patterns in the brain.

How Your Brain Deciphers Cocktail Party Banter

Posted May 16th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily  — Anyone who has tried to carry on a conversation in a roomful of talkers knows how difficult it can be to concentrate on what one person is saying while tuning everyone else out.

Cognitive Training Can Alter Biochemistry Of The Brain

Posted May 16th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily  — Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown for the first time that the active training of the working memory brings about visible changes in the number of dopamine receptors in the human brain. The study, which is published in the journal Science, was conducted with the help of PET scanning and provides deeper insight into the complex interplay between cognition and the brain's biological structure.

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