Prefrontal and Hippocampal Structure: How Are Young Children Capable of Statistical learning?

Statistical learning is how humans extract regularities from the environment that are not explicitly taught. In other words, it is the explanation for how humans take meaningful information from the world without ever learning how. Rather than being taught, these regularities are often picked up over-time without a learner’s effort or awareness. Statistical learning is…

The Link Between Brain Volume and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Does SES Play a Role?

It has been known that the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy can negatively alter the developing brain in a variety of ways. Any amount of alcohol consumed while pregnant could potentially lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a disorder that is greatly associated with behavioral and memory problems. Some potential causes of these factors…