Sunday, December 19, 2010

APRENDENDO NOVAS PALAVRAS - UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

The University of Cambridge has recently found the brain learns the meaning of a word within 15 minutes. This can be of vast benefit for teachers and learners in the language learning pathway.

A Universidade de Cambridge descobriu recentemente que o cérebro aprende uma palavra nova em até 15 minutos.

Check the Folha de São Paulo link:

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ciencia/846130-cerebro-leva-menos-de-15-minutos-para-aprender-uma-nova-palavra.shtml

Visit Dr Yury Shtyrov´s webpage. He´s the research team leader of the finding above. You can find some very interesting articles there.

http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?yury