Sentences with phrase «study spatial learning»

Ilana Witten didn't set out to study spatial learning.

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Two new studies show how spatial parts of the brain are already functioning in infancy, revealing that not everything we understand about our surroundings is learned

«This is a well - established method for measuring spatial learning and memory,» study first author Takeru Shima says.

Previous studies focusing on spatial - reward associative learning in foraging animals have assumed that foraging efficiency increases as the forager learns the locations of greater rewards.

According to McQuillan, a Ph.D. candidate in evolutionary biology at Lehigh and lead author of the study, the northern Black - capped Chickadee is a model species for studying spatial memory and learning, traits that are key to scatter - hoarders» survival.

«The pattern of activity in a brain region involved in spatial learning in the virtual world is completely different than when it processes activity in the real world,» said Mayank Mehta, a UCLA professor of physics, neurology and neurobiology in the UCLA College and the study's senior author.

For instance, studies in mice have revealed that running enhances spatial learning.

In a 2014 study in rats, researchers at the University of California found that the neurons in a brain region associated with spatial learning behaved completely differently in virtual environments compared to in real ones, with more than half of the neurons shutting down while in VR.

According to one study, mice that had been supplemented with maca for five weeks showed far better coordination, spatial learning and memory than those fed a normal diet.

To provide spatial - learning tools to help pre - and in - service social studies teachers differentiate instruction.

The student who forgets to do her book report or math problems as homework may get absorbed in a learning project that involves interviewing a grandparent for social studies (interpersonal), taking pictures of animals in the neighborhood for an ecology unit (spatial - naturalist), or writing a song on an electronic keyboard about a character in a short story (musical).

A longitudinal study with the participants would provide insights into how preservice teachers» dispositions toward teaching spatial thinking with GIS affect their classroom teaching and student learning.

It has been a great honour to have been able to select with the family, museum quality works by the artist, to show London and, by doing so, to have the opportunity to expose his work to a new generation of collectors, further strengthening awareness of Chillida's work around the world» Chillida considered his relentless search for the unknown in art to be an adventure in learning, and his sculptural study of temporal and spatial relationships have transformed the field of sculpture; he is hugely respected by many artists working today including Sir Anthony Caro, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly and Richard Serra.

After studying industrial design with Irene Aragão at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, he continued his studies at Brown, focusing on learning curatorial practice with Mark Tribe and creative / spatial dynamics with Ian Gonsher.

Chillida considers his relentless search for the unknown in art to be an adventure in learning, and his sculptural study of temporal and spatial relationships continues to inspire books and essays by leading philosophers.

For example, whereas other maternal factors such as maternal stress during pregnancy induce long - term influences on behavior, including hippocampally - mediated fear conditioning and spatial learning, adoption studies show that postnatal maternal care can reverse these effects [11], [13], [46].