Content about Limbic system

February 20, 2012
Training Today: Taxi Training Changes the Brain

As London taxi drivers in training are learning how to navigate the city’s thousands of streets, the experience actually changes the structure of their brains, according to a report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

As London taxi drivers in training are learning how to navigate the city’s thousands of streets, the experience actually changes the structure of their brains, according to a report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

The findings add to evidence that learning changes the adult brain and should come as encouraging news for life-long learning, says Eleanor Maguire of University College London.

December 20, 2011
How to Repair a Damaged Relationship

The way conflict is handled determines the quality and ultimate success of a relationship—whether business or personal. Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered that successful relationships address conflict using a single technique-one so effective at addressing conflict that it’s called a repair.

By Travis Bradberry, Ph.D.

Conflict is a normal part of two people with different needs, interests, and motivations coming together. It’s how conflict is handled that determines the quality and ultimate success of a relationship. Researchers at the University of Washington (the same researchers who can predict the future success of a relationship with 93 percent accuracy) have discovered that successful relationships address conflict using a single technique-one so effective at addressing conflict that it’s called a repair.

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