//www.koonmotors.com/news/strange_offbeat/education_learing/ Quirky stories about education and learning issues in health, technology, environment, and society. en-us Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:56:30 EDT Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:56:30 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/strange_offbeat/education_learing/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110750.htm The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain logic problems like those that appear on standardized tests. The researchers who conducted the experiment write that the results prompt the question of whether the technology is mimicking human reasoning or using a new type of cognitive process. Solving that question would require access to the software that underpins GPT-3 and other AI software. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:07:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110750.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183122.htm Numerous visual illusions are caused by limits in the way our eyes and visual neurones work -- rather than more complex psychological processes, new research shows. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183122.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221021132720.htm By embracing a broader definition of learning that includes any behavioral adaption developed in response to regular features of an environment, researchers could better collaborate across the fields of psychology, computer science, sociology, and genetics, according to a new Perspectives on Psychological Science article. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:27:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221021132720.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220505143721.htm Researchers have uncovered how signals from a group of neurons in the brain's frontal lobe simultaneously give humans the flexibility to learn new tasks -- and the focus to develop highly specific skills. Thu, 05 May 2022 14:37:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220505143721.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220303141209.htm A physics professor has developed an innovative activity that poses the question: Is Usain Bolt faster than a 900-pound dinosaur? Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:12:09 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220303141209.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/02/220223111245.htm A professor has used Minecraft to teach a class on the history and culture of modernity. The course was based entirely within the game server, with instructions, in-class communication and course work almost exclusively carried out within the Minecraft world and over the messaging app Discord. This new pedagogical framework presented the researchers with the opportunity to see how the students used the game to achieve academic goals. Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:12:45 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/02/220223111245.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211006160046.htm Using data from NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grained material on their surfaces. Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:00:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211006160046.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210610091052.htm Children with reading and writing difficulties who are presented with text on screens with flickering white noise both read better and remember what they have read better, according to a Swedish-Norwegian study. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:10:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210610091052.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210609115555.htm 一项新的研究显示,英国保险协会的人lity to visualize vividly have a stronger connection between their visual network and the regions of the brain linked to decision-making. The study also sheds light on memory and personality differences between those with strong visual imagery and those who cannot hold a picture in their mind's eye. Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:55:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210609115555.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/04/210430093230.htm Researchers developed new synaptic transistors that can mimic the human brain's plasticity by simultaneously processing and storing data. After connecting transistors into a device, researchers conditioned it to associate light with pressure -- similar to how Pavlov's dog associated a bell with food. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:32:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/04/210430093230.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210304161103.htm With the help of about 200 human puzzle-takers, a computer model and functional MRI images, researchers have learned more about the processes of reasoning and decision making, pinpointing the brain pathway that springs into action when problem-solving goes south. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:11:03 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210304161103.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210113120700.htm Many students, especially non-science majors, dread chemistry. The first lesson in an introductory chemistry course typically deals with how to interpret the periodic table of elements, but its complexity can be overwhelming to students with little or no previous exposure. Now, researchers introduce an innovative way to make learning about the elements much more approachable -- by using 'pseudo' periodic tables filled with superheroes, foods and apps. Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:07:00 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210113120700.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200812144012.htm Researchers describe an alternative way to engage students: a virtual game, modeled on an escape room, in which teams solve chemistry problems to progress and 'escape.' Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:40:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200812144012.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200629120227.htm Students can hide their ignorance and answer questions correctly in an exam without their lack of knowledge being detected by teachers -- but only in the quantum world. Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:02:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200629120227.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200608104724.htm Telepresence robots help university students learning remotely to feel more a part of the class, new research suggests. Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:47:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200608104724.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200602110128.htm Some people look at an equation and see a bunch of numbers and symbols; others see beauty. Thanks to a new tool, anyone can now translate the abstractions of mathematics into beautiful and instructive illustrations. The tool enables users to create diagrams simply by typing an ordinary mathematical expression and letting the software do the drawing. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:01:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/06/200602110128.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/05/200521083626.htm Researchers have found that in a structured group drumming task aspects of participants' heart function synchronized. In a subsequent improvisational drumming task, groups with high physiological synchrony in the structured task showed more coordination in drumming. The data show that behavioral synchronization and enhanced physiological synchronization while drumming each uniquely predicts a heightened experience of group cohesion. Additionally, higher physiological synchrony predicts enhanced group performance in a subsequent, different group task. Thu, 21 May 2020 08:36:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/05/200521083626.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/12/191209110513.htm 玩鼓的人经常多年不同from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a new study suggest that they have fewer, but thicker fibers in the main connecting tract between the two halves of the brain. In addition, their motor brain areas are organized more efficiently. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:05:13 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/12/191209110513.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191015115356.htm When it comes to being willing to explore more efficient options to solving a problem, monkeys exhibit more cognitive flexibility than humans, according to a new study. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:53:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191015115356.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191007153437.htm A study of US labor data suggests AI is already taking 'thinking economy' jobs from humans, and this trend will grow in the future. This will push more people into 'feeling economy' jobs that require things like interpersonal relationship skills and emotional intelligence. Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:34:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191007153437.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/08/190819175719.htm Neuroscientists have created interactive maps that can predict where different categories of words activate the brain. Their latest map is focused on what happens in the brain when you read stories. Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:57:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/08/190819175719.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190710103231.htm Mathematics is seen as the pinnacle of abstract thinking. But are we capable of filtering out our knowledge about the world to prevent it from interfering with our calculations? Researchers have demonstrated that our ability to solve mathematical problems is influenced by non-mathematical knowledge, which results in mistakes. The findings indicate that high-level mathematicians can be duped by some aspects of their knowledge about the world and fail to solve primary school-level subtraction problems. Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:32:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190710103231.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/06/190626125000.htm Students think it is instructors' responsibility to ensure they don't surf the web in class, according to a new study. Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:50:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/06/190626125000.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190404114434.htm [,]如“咩”听起来更绿色或红色的吗? And is [i:] as in 'beet' light or dark in color? Even though we perceive speech and color are perceived with different sensory organs, nearly everyone has an idea about what colors and vowels fit with each other. And a large number of us have a particular system for doing so. Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:44:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190404114434.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190403165844.htm The French government is launching a new standard for keyboard layouts in France. The position of the letters (A-Z) will remain the same, but special characters like accents and punctuation marks are moving and many more are added to better support typing French and boost usability and speed. Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:58:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190403165844.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190325164228.htm Imagine that you live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, you're a pint-sized primate with enormous eyes and you look a little like Gizmo from the movie, 'Gremlins.' You're a tarsier -- a nocturnal animal whose giant eyes provide you with exceptional visual sensitivity, enabling a predatory advantage. A new virtual reality (VR) software, Tarsier Goggles, simulates a tarsier's vision and illustrates the adaptive advantage of this animal's oversized eyes. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:42:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190325164228.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190131113837.htm Researchers showed that we can acquire the vocabulary of a new language during distinct phases of slow-wave sleep and that the sleep-learned vocabulary could be retrieved unconsciously following waking. Memory formation appeared to be mediated by the same brain structures that also mediate wake vocabulary learning. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:38:37 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190131113837.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/12/181210150622.htm The human brain needs to suppress obvious ideas in order to reach the most creative ones, according to scientists. These obvious associations are present in both convergent thinking (finding an 'out-of-the-box' solution) and also in divergent thinking (when individuals have to come up with several creative ideas). Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:06:22 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/12/181210150622.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181022141509.htm The way we breathe may affect how well our memories are consolidated (i.e. reinforced and stabilized). If we breathe through the nose rather than the mouth after trying to learn a set of smells, we remember them better. Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:15:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181022141509.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180815154454.htm Young children are significantly more likely than adults to have their opinions and decisions influenced by robots, according to new research. Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:44:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180815154454.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180809175051.htm A fantastical scenario involving a space-exploring robot crashing on a distant planet is the premise of a video game developed for middle schoolers by researchers to study whether video games can boost kids' empathy, and to understand how learning such skills can change neural connections in the brain. Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:50:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180809175051.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180723142907.htm New research in humans demonstrates the potential to improve memory with a non-invasive brain stimulation technique delivered during sleep. The results come from a project that aims to better understand the process of memory consolidation, which could translate into improved memory function in both healthy and patient populations. Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:29:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180723142907.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180628151752.htm 作为一系列新的研究证明,随着有关chers show that as the prevalence of a problem is reduced, humans are naturally inclined to redefine the problem itself. The result is that as a problem becomes smaller, people's conceptualizations of that problem become larger, which can lead them to miss the fact that they've solved it. Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:17:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180628151752.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180613162613.htm Researchers conducted one of the first in-depth analyses on whether people learn better through virtual, immersive environments, as opposed to more traditional platforms like a two-dimensional desktop computer or hand-held tablet. The researchers found that people remember information better if it is presented to them in a virtual environment. Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:26:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180613162613.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180420131436.htm A professor has used video games to teach Italian, allowing his students to master two semesters worth of language acquisition through one intensive class for students new to the Italian language. Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:14:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180420131436.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180403140403.htm Despite seeing it millions of times in pretty much every picture book, every novel, every newspaper and every email message, people are essentially unaware of the more common version of the lowercase print letter 'g,' Johns Hopkins researchers have found. Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:04:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/04/180403140403.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/02/180205134251.htm Spending too much time in dimly lit rooms and offices may actually change the brain's structure and hurt one's ability to remember and learn, indicates groundbreaking research by neuroscientists. Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:42:51 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/02/180205134251.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180103111407.htm Most people think of vision as simply a function of information the eye gathers. For cognitive psychologists vision is a little more complicated than that. One researcher now faces head-on the notion that her experimental subjects have been victims of a psychological phenomenon called response bias. She employed a classic, action-specific experiment involving a video game familiar to children of the 80s: Pong. Wed, 03 Jan 2018 11:14:07 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180103111407.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171113111058.htm Neuroscientists call for ethical guidelines to cover the evolving use of computer hardware and software to enhance or restore human capabilities. Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:10:58 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171113111058.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171110133145.htm Recalling the names of old classmates 50 years after graduation or of favorite childhood television series illustrates the amazing abilities of human memory. Emotion and repeated exposure are both known to play a role in long-term memorization, but why do we remember things that are not emotionally charged and have only been seen or experienced a few times in the past? To answer this question, scientists decided to challenge the memory of individuals they had tested in the laboratory a decade previously. They discovered that participants recognized images seen for only a few seconds ten years earlier. Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:31:45 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171110133145.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171009154941.htm Two brain regions -- the medial frontal and lateral prefrontal cortices -- control most executive function. Researchers used high-definition transcranial alternating current stimulation (HD-tACS) to synchronize oscillations between them, improving brain processing. De-synchronizing did the opposite. Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:49:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171009154941.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170724105105.htm Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before the drinking episode began, new research suggests. Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:51:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170724105105.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170706121204.htm Manipulating the pulses of electrical activity in the thalamus during non-REM deep sleep make mice remember or forget. Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:12:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170706121204.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170705095312.htm 似乎任何行为都可以“gamified”和奖ed digital points these days, from tracking the steps you've walked to the online purchases you've made and even the chores you've completed. Tracking behavior in this way helps to spur further action and new research shows that even meaningless scores can serve as effective motivators, as long as those scores are accelerating. Wed, 05 Jul 2017 09:53:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170705095312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170524140721.htm Reading is such a modern cultural invention that there is no specific area in the brain dedicated to it. Scientists have found that learning to read as an adult reconfigures evolutionarily ancient brain structures hitherto assigned to different skills. These findings were obtained in a large-scale study in India in which completely illiterate women learned how to read and write for six months. Wed, 24 May 2017 14:07:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170524140721.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170320143834.htm With some help from 3-D printing, a UC Davis mathematician is trying to crack a problem that frustrates both mathematicians and furniture movers: What's the largest sofa you can fit round a corner? Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:38:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170320143834.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/02/170213131211.htm For the past several years, researchers have been developing a class of walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, a research group is sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots. Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:12:11 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/02/170213131211.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/07/160728143247.htm For the first time, scientists report using transcranial alternating current stimulation, or tACS, to target a specific kind of brain activity during sleep and strengthen memory in healthy people. Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:32:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/07/160728143247.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/07/160719091622.htm Scientists have used a new genetic scoring technique to predict academic achievement from DNA alone. This is the strongest prediction from DNA of a behavioral measure to date. Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:16:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/07/160719091622.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/05/160527090916.htm In the world of Harry Potter the young wizard undergoes two magical biological transformations: eating Gillyweed to grow gills in order to breathe underwater and drinking Skele-Gro to repair broken bones. Students have put these arcane medical practices to the test -- and have concluded that a little magic might indeed be required in both situations to make them scientifically feasible. Fri, 27 May 2016 09:09:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/05/160527090916.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160414095949.htm Safe levels of electrical stimulation can enhance your capacity to think more creatively, according to a new study. Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:59:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160414095949.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160414095549.htm New research provides further evidence for 'passive frame theory,' the groundbreaking idea that suggests human consciousness is less in control than previously believed. The study shows that even complex concepts, such as translating a word into pig latin, can enter your consciousness automatically, even when someone tells you to avoid thinking about it. The research provides the first evidence that even a small amount of training can cause unintentional, high-level symbol manipulation. Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:55:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/04/160414095549.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/03/160316140547.htm When Joseph Hyman ‘11, mechanical engineering, was a student at UMBC, he was sitting in the library craving a fresh, hot cup of coffee, when an idea struck him: Wouldn’t it be great if a travel mug could brew its own coffee? Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:05:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/03/160316140547.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/02/160209161809.htm 亚历山大•汉密尔顿Benjamin Franklin, Hubert Humphrey and some guy named "Thomas Moore" are among the names that many Americans mistakenly identify as belonging to a past president of the United States, finds a news study by memory researchers. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:18:09 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/02/160209161809.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150728110809.htm Hormones play a two-part role in encouraging and reinforcing cheating and other unethical behavior, according to new research. With cheating scandals a persistent threat on college campuses and financial fraud costing businesses more than $3.7 trillion annually, researchers looked to hormones for more answers, specifically the reproductive hormone testosterone and the stress hormone cortisol. Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:08:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/07/150728110809.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150506120525.htm When it comes to rewards and punishments, which is more effective -- the carrot or the stick? A simple experiment suggests that punishments are more likely to influence behavior than rewards. The results stem from a study involving 88 students at a university. Wed, 06 May 2015 12:05:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150506120525.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150504113004.htm Researchers have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to magnify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just 3 cents a lens. Mon, 04 May 2015 11:30:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/05/150504113004.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150430113534.htm Scientists have developed a portable invisibility cloak that can be taken into classrooms and used for demonstrations. It can't hide a human, but it can make small objects disappear from sight without specialized equipment. Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:35:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150430113534.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150428171404.htm Most of the time, we learn only gradually, incrementally building connections between actions or events and outcomes. But there are exceptions--every once in a while, something happens and we immediately learn to associate that stimulus with a result. Scientists have discovered that uncertainty in terms of the causal relationship -- whether an outcome is actually caused by a particular stimulus -- is the main factor in determining whether or not rapid learning occurs. 星期二,2015年4月28日17:14:04美国东部时间 //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150428171404.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150408113309.htm When children are unmotivated at school, new research suggests their genes may be part of the equation. A study of more than 13,000 twins from six countries found that 40 to 50 percent of the differences in children's motivation to learn could be explained by their genetic inheritance from their parents. Wed, 08 Apr 2015 11:33:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/04/150408113309.htm