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Studying while listening to music. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The sounds in the background

Hebrew University study: “Speech-matched” background music improved word recall more than silence
Structure of a nerve cell Illustration: depositphotos.com

Lessons in visualization

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With all due respect to electrical signals, the language of the brain is chemistry. In a pioneering study, researchers at Tel Aviv University have managed to use imaging devices to see this chemistry in action.
Fruit bat. Photo: Prof. Yossi Yuval, Tel Aviv University

Research: Childhood experiences determine the boldness of bats in the wild

A study by Tel Aviv University found that the environment in which young bats grow up affects their boldness, flight distances, and foraging patterns in adulthood.
Image caption: Princeton researchers have found that the prefrontal cortex of primates reuses modular thinking blocks to solve similar tasks. This gives biological brains a flexibility that artificial intelligence still lacks. The insight could help improve AI systems so that they retain old skills even as they learn new ones. Credit: Adapted by Dan Wahaba (Princeton University), based on “Brain Silhouette 2” (Littleolred, CC0 1.0, freesvg.org) and “Lego bricks” (Benjamin D. Esham, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons).

The brain has a shortcut to learning that artificial intelligence can't copy

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Researchers have found that the brain repeatedly relies on the same cognitive “building blocks” when performing different types of tasks. By reassembling these blocks in new ways, the brain can rapidly generate behaviors
New research suggests that the brain creates at least three copies of each memory. This also includes those encoded by early-formed neurons, which appear purple in a microscope cross-section of a mouse hippocampus. (Image credit: Biozentrum, University of Basel) 

The brain stores at least three copies of each memory 

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New research in mice suggests that the brain creates multiple copies of memories, allowing it to regulate their change over time
Children's theater. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Research on the stage

Theater researchers examined the reception of the Haifa International Festival for Children's Plays
Sniper fish. Photo: Dr. Orit Nafha, University of Haifa

Prosocial behavior in fish

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A new study conducted at the University of Haifa found that even the sniper fish, which lack the "higher" areas of the cerebral cortex, which are seen as being responsible for social behavior, act in a pro-social way towards their friends, until they feel "cheated"
the amygdala. Photo: Prof. Roni Paz, Weizmann Institute

Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered neural activity patterns that characterize new conditioning learning

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Despite the rapid developments in artificial intelligence, children learn much faster and more efficiently than computers. Image: pixabay.

A more human artificial intelligence

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Ravivim school students in Holon during the experiment.

The effect of the nature of the group on the effectiveness of learning

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Neurons in XNUMXD. Illustration: shutterstock

A mechanism for creating long-term memory has been discovered

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From the right: Yossi Shohat, Dr. Roni Paz and Uri Levana. Emotional information

The secret of a smile

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Right: Dr. Elad Schneidman and Jordan Cohen. Learning patterns

Where is the border?

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the brain

An important publication for Prof. Amos Korchin

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rosetta stone

Research at the University of Haifa: speakers of two languages ​​manage to learn a third language more easily

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Meerkats - Rise of the Guard

The thief is crazy ... exempt?

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Henry David Thoreau

Cheers to the probiotic yogurt of the future: bacteria enhance the ability to learn

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Shrolik, the Israeli of Dosh. Photo: Y.S. From Wikipedia

What's wrong with an Israeli accent?

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neurons during activity. Image: L shutterstock

The media's fault

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