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	Podcast:		Science Nation
	Episode:		Thinking Cap
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:03:03
	Publish Date:		2015-01-28 23:00:00
	Description:		Many K-12 teachers suggest to students that they should "put your thinking caps on," and one day students might just do that for real. Vanderbilt University psychologist Geoffrey Woodman says that's because scientists are being equipped with more and more tools they can use to better understand the brain, and now they can even eavesdrop on individual neurons. Initial support from the National Science Foundation allowed Woodman and his team at the Vanderbilt University Visual Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory to study memory and perception. Then, the researchers tested their theory that electrical stimulation of the medial frontal cortex can boost learning and improve decision-making.
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