People learn better when brain activity is consistent

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:03pm

People are more likely to remember specific information such as faces or words if the pattern of activity in their brain is similar each time they study that information, according to new research from a University of Texas at Austin psychologist and his colleagues.

The findings by Russell Poldrack, published online today in [...]


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