KBEAR: Billings' Greatest Hits » Learning http://kbear.com Billings' Greatest Hits Wed, 22 May 2013 03:18:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Learning New Things http://kbear.com/learning-new-things/ http://kbear.com/learning-new-things/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:48:04 +0000 Greg Tillotson http://kbear.com/?p=122421 So far our relocation to Billings has been pretty smooth - Found a nice place to live rather quickly, not too much broken in the move. Learning to navigate my way around town...but having an epic fail when it comes to finding TV channels

]]> http://kbear.com/learning-new-things/feed/ 0 Can Electricity Shock Your Brain Into Learning Faster? It Works for the Air Force http://kbear.com/electricity-brain-learning-air-force/ http://kbear.com/electricity-brain-learning-air-force/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:33 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62881 One of the toughest things to teach Air Force pilots who guide unmanned attack drones is how to accurately spot targets in complex radar images. Researchers, however, have found a way to cut that lengthy training time in half.

Delivering a mild electrical current to pilots’ brains through EEG electrodes placed on the scalp — a process called transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) — can accelerate learning and improve pilot accuracy. In addition, that accuracy is sustained for up to 40 minutes, whereas it otherwise typically declines after 20 minutes.

]]> http://kbear.com/electricity-brain-learning-air-force/feed/ 0 Akira Ohgaki, Flickr / Giuseppe Bellini, Getty Images