Absence of linguistic skills could hamper thinking ability
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Not being part of a culture with a highly developed language, could limit your thoughts, at least as far as numbers are concerned, reveals a new study conducted by a psychologist at the Columbia University in New York.
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Dyslexia slows a driver's reaction time as much as moderate drinking, a report claims.
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Teenagers might avoid the Diplomas because they lack the required literacy and numeracy skills, experts say.
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Aging may not be all in the mind, but negative self-image and stereotypes have a significant impact on age-related symptoms of frailty and memory loss.
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Having a sound sleep after cramming for exams consolidates that learning, a new research has revealed. Neurologist Philippe Peigneux and his colleagues analysed brain activity in sleeping volunteers and found
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HealthDayNews -- In a finding that offers insights into how young children learn language, researchers have discovered the early learning experiences of owls forever alter their brain circuitry.
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Some babies who do not have full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome can still develop IQ problems, a new study indicates.
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Autistic boys with language impairment have brain structures different from autistic boys with normal language abilities, researchers have found.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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Ten sessions of exercises to boost reasoning skills, memory and mental processing speed staved off mental decline in middle-aged and elderly people in the first definitive study to show that honing intellectual skills can bolster the mind in the same way that physical exercise protects and...
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Mistakes prompt a demand for grammar to be policed.
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People who see colorful "auras" in response to people or words may simply have a brain condition, not psychic powers, according to a new research report.
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NEW YORK  - Children who were exposed to cocaine in the womb show poorer-than-average language skills during their early years and do not catch up, new research suggests.
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A new study questions the idea that the female brain evolved to be talkative and the male brain evolved to be reticent.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers work  nights, evenings or rotating shifts are more likely to be  behind the curve in mental development at age 2 and in language  ability at age 3, new research reports.
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Scientists believe learning a second language alters a part of the brain.
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Children&#39;s brains are hard-wired to learn languages and, in some cases, to improve upon them. That&#39;s the conclusion of a new study that followed several generations of