learning Archives - ZNZ Newsletter https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/tag/learning/ Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ) Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:03:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Deep learning in the brain? https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/deep-learning-in-the-brain/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 06:34:00 +0000 https://znznews.ch/?p=1821 Benjamin Grewe was recently appointed tenure track assistant professor of Systems and Circuits Neuroinformatics. We asked him what we can learn from neural networks and how he plans to get a better understanding of computation [...]

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]]> Learning to overcome ADHD https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/learning-to-overcome-adhd/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 05:08:13 +0000 https://znznews.ch/?p=1852 Neurofeedback may be used as an alternative or additional treatment for ADHD. Processes underlying this technique are, however, not fully understood. Prof. Daniel Brandeis and colleagues investigated effects of neurofeedback in ADHD patients using fMRI [...]

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]]> Early English teaching may not be effective https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/early-english-teaching-may-not-be-effective/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:40:42 +0000 https://znznews.ch/?p=1359 Children are able to learn a foreign language much more easily than adults. This notion has led to the introduction of foreign language classes in elementary school. Results of electrophysiological experiments published by the group [...]

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]]> Changes in sensory processing during learning https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/changes-in-sensory-processing-during-learning/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:30:35 +0000 https://znznews.ch/?p=1357 How is sensory information processing changing during learning? In their experiments published in Nature Neuroscience, Jerry Chen, Fritjof Helmchen and colleagues have made a significant step towards understanding the modulation of the neural signal pathways [...]

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]]> Sing me a song of learning https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/sing-me-a-song-of-learning/ Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:00:47 +0000 https://znznews.ch/?p=667 The group of Prof. Richard Hahnloser has published data about how songbirds learn to sing their songs. They have for the first time provided evidence at the neuronal level for a previously postulated model for [...]

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]]> All for the children https://znz.fairplayhq.ie/all-for-the-children/ Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:00:47 +0000 https://znznews.ch/?p=675 Sick children need targeted research, as their bodies differ from those of adults. Therapy developed for adults can therefore be only partially translated to treatments for children. “Research concentrated on the child gives us the [...]

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