SubscribeChronic stress is known to cause major health problems, yet acute stress is thought to improve people’s performance and health. A new study by UC Berkeley professor Daniela Kaufer shows why that is. Stress generates new nerve cells in the brain that, two weeks later, help people learn better.
Tag: learning
Researchers find out why some stress is good for you
April 16, 2013:
Mexican American toddlers lag in preliteracy skills, but not in their social skills, new study shows
December 11, 2012:
Mexican American preschoolers fall behind their white counterparts in terms of early language and preliteracy skills, but the social competencies between the two groups are indistinguishable, according to a new UC Berkeley/UCLA study.
Intense prep for law school admission test alters brain structure
August 22, 2012:
Intense prep courses for tests like the Law School Admission Test are popular for good reason: They can improve scores significantly. Now UC Berkeley neuroscientists have revealed the underlying result of such preparation: the brain’s neural connections change measurably, suggesting a bolstering of interconnections among reasoning areas of the brain.
Q&A: Alison Gopnik on babies and learning
June 20, 2012:
Best-selling author Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology, discusses her research and UC Berkeley’s long history of focusing on how children learn. She and colleagues recently formed the Center for Developmental Cognitive Science to model the next generation of artificial intelligence on principles gleaned from children’s ability to learn rapidly, explore and reason
Berkeley psychologists get into the heads of schoolchildren
March 8, 2012:
UC Berkeley psychology professors Silvia Bunge and Stephen Hinshaw are scanning the brains of kids to learn how they learn. The findings may help educators and revolutionize classrooms.
New life for lifelong learning at Berkeley
January 7, 2011:
It took two tries for Berkeley’s lifelong learning center to achieve liftoff. Now, in its second incarnation, OLLI@Berkeley has become a vital resource for nearly 1,000 enthusiastic students over the age of 50 – and a bridge between the campus and the greater Bay Area community.
