Lars is Learning

JUNE 30, 2010

A new study published today suggests that drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease. But actually it doesn’t. The article on the BBC website goes on to report: "This research in mice suggests that coffee may actually reverse some element of memory impairment.

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Lars is Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2008

This study picked up by PsyBlog reports on a study that demonstrates how memory works through the reactivation of specific individual neurons in the hippocampus. We're getting excitingly close to observing how our memory works at a fundamental level.

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Lars is Learning

JULY 18, 2009

Clive Shepherd tweeted a link to this research report: The Evidence on Online EducationThe study found that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through face-to-face instruction.

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Lars is Learning

JANUARY 8, 2008

A new Harvard University study reveals that the ability of older adults to form imaginary scenarios is linked to their ability to recall detailed memories. According to the study, episodic memory, which represents our personal memories of past.

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Lars is Learning

MARCH 18, 2009

Interestingly, many training experiences lack any element of stress and as such can be unstimulating and unrepresentative of the real environment.This study however focuses on the negative impact stress has on forming context dependent memories.We Stress can be both negative and positive in affecting our performance.

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Lars is Learning

MARCH 1, 2009

I've been sitting on a number of research/news snippets which are all interesting but demonstrate how fluid the respective fields of neuroscience, cognitive psychology and educational study are. Sometimes it's hard to draw immediately practical inferences.

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Lars is Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2008

This was my guess: the e-learning was entirely self-study;the e-learning was unsupported;the. Clive Shepherd has posted on the continuing failure of many organisations to harness the benefits of e-learning: a large government department, had initiated a major e-learning programme, but the response had been disappointing. "I

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