It’s both the bane of many parents and what has been called a major national vulnerability: the inability of many children to understand mathematics. Understanding that problem and developing strategies to overcome it is the research focus of Nicole McNeil, Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, and the researchers in her lab. Continue reading “Study shows how students understand mathematics”
The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Sriram Sankararaman, Swapan Mallick, Michael Dannemann, Kay Prüfer, Janet Kelso, Svante Pääbo, Nick Patterson & David Reich. Continue reading “The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans”
A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Garrett Hellenthal, George B. J. Busby, Gavin Band, James F. Wilson, Cristian Capelli, Daniel Falush, Simon Myers. Continue reading “A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History”
Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago
An international team of scientists, led by geneticists from Trinity College Dublin, have sequenced the genomes from ancient goat bones from areas in the Fertile Crescent where goats were first domesticated around 8,500 BC. They reveal a 10,000-year history of local farmer practices featuring genetic exchange both with the wild and among domesticated herds, and selection by early farmers. Continue reading “Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago”
Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds
Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies by an obscure 18th-century composer, a research team from the Stanford University School of Medicine has gained valuable insight into how the brain sorts out the chaotic world around it. Continue reading “Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds”
Can’t get an image out of your head? Your eyes are helping to keep it there.
Even though you are not aware of it, your eyes play a role in searing an image into your brain, long after you have stopped looking at it. Continue reading “Can’t get an image out of your head? Your eyes are helping to keep it there.”
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