Posts Tagged ‘language’
Master a new language and grow hippocampus and cerebral cortex
Learning New Languages Helps The Brain Grow (Medical News): “The learning of languages allows the brain to stay “in shape”, by causing certain parts of the brain to grow, including the hippocampus and three areas of the cerebral cortex…This finding came from scientists at Lund University, after examining young recruits with a talent for acquiring languages…
Read MoreHow Do Words, such as Yes and No, Change Our Brains and Lives?
The neuroscience of language, consciousness, and communication raises many fundamental questions, the answers to which consistently defy definition. For example: when we speak, where do our words come from? Our brain, or our mind? And what do we mean by mind? Similar dilemmas arise when we try to study the nature of consciousness. What is…
Read MoreYour Haiku, please?
In our Top 50 Brain Teasers post, we concluded with the challenge: #50. Can you write a haiku describing your experience doing some of the previous teasers? The simple rules: write 3 lines, which don’t need to rhyme, containing 5,7, and 5 syllables. You can leave your haiku as a comment for extra points… There…
Read MoreBrain Training and SharpBrains in the news
Several recent stories on brain training and SharpBrains: 1) New brain games may improve mind fitness by Kevin Kosterman (U of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Advance-Titan) “Anytime we learn, we are training, changing, our brain,” Fernandez said. “The three key core elements for effective brain exercise are novelty, variety and constant challenge, similar to increasing the level…
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