Sophie Scott, professor of cognitiveneuroscience at University College London says children's brains are better able to cope with recovery after a stroke.
Research in the fields of cognitiveneuroscience and educational psychology is rapidly bringing new insights into how we learn and retain information and how these differences between individuals can be designed into education, not ignored.
Although he accepts some neuroscientists (and the journalists who report their work), may have been guilty of overestimating the power of their findings, the Director of UCL's Institute for CognitiveNeuroscience Professor geraint Rees believes Ray Tallis is also guilty of exaggerating for effect.
In a study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience in 2011, researchers found that exposure to another person's stress sweat sharpened alertness.
Over the last two decades, neuroscience has revolutionized our understanding of the brain and given us novel ways to assess cognitive and personality traits.
More symptoms will be analyzed and explained from a neuroscience viewpoint over the coming weeks, so be sure to stay tuned to Oscillatory Thoughts and The Cognitive Axon over the course of the next few days.