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4 aspects of the brain revealed by neuroimaging

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) or neuroimaging is a technology that allows live and safe visualization of brain structure and activity. Its advent in the 1990s has led to significant advances in our knowledge of the brain, confirming or refuting certain hypotheses while opening up new avenues of research.

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Studying Like a Pro. Test Your Knowledge!

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Do you know the relative effectiveness of the most commonly used study techniques such as proofreading, highlighting or practice tests? In the brain, all learning results from repeated activation of neurons related to the targeted learning. Find out more: Neuroscience: 3 mistakes to avoid when studying. True or false?

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4 Benefits of AI for Learners… and Teachers

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Whether positive or negative, receiving feedback activates the reward system and triggers a dopamine release in the brain (Wilkinson et al., The same study also observed that the reward system becomes even more active when the challenge is perceived as more difficult (without being too arduous) rather than too easy.

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The Advantages and Potential of Virtual Reality: Test Your Knowledge!

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Of all the high-fidelity simulation technologies, VR is by far the most powerful in convincing the user’s brain that they are actually in a world of its own and in generating sensations and emotions as intense as those experienced in a real-world setting. Test your knowledge by answering the following five questions. True or false?

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3 Ages of the Brain Under the Microscope of Neuroscience

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Over the last few decades, neuroscience has begun to confirm or refute certain hypotheses we had about how the brain works, in addition to leading us down new paths of knowledge. However, thanks to brain imaging, we know a little more about some of its particularities at different stages of life and their links with learning.

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Brain and neuroscience: test your knowledge!

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Do you know the characteristics of the brain at different life stages? Do you know how stress affects the brain and how to help the brain to relax? Find out more: Brain activity in numbers. A) The brain retains the ability to evolve and adapt throughout life. Do you have any idea how many thoughts we have in a day?

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The Fascinating Memory: Test Your Knowledge!

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Storage (consolidation): This corresponds to the retention of learned information over time after the brain has sufficiently repeated it. D) When it is overloaded, the exchanges between the three brain regions involved in its functioning are short-circuited. This is the surprising finding of an American study published in 2016.

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