Accelerated Learning

Sep 17

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Scientists have spliced a key human brain gene into mice, that demonstrated accelerated learning as a result.  In the first study designed to assess how partially ‘humanising’ brains of a different species affects key cognitive functions, scientists report that mice carrying Foxp2 – a human gene associated with language – learned new ways to find food in mazes faster than normal mice.

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