This is the latest installment of our series on the new american economy, how the deck is stacked, reported in conjunction with frontline and pbs newshour. Takao hensch, professor of molecular and cellular biology at harvard university, believes that absolute pitch the ability to identify or sing a specific note without any reference points. Suburban philadelphia republicans break with trump over paris accords. Such neuroplasticity is what allows young children to easily pick up skills, from speaking new languages to playing musical instruments.
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Gervain j, vines bw, chen lm, seo rj, hensch tk, werker jf and young ah. Hensch and his colleagues were able to restore plasticity by administering a benzodiazepine, a drug that enhances the inhibitory effect of gaba ref. Hensch says the drug, valproic acid, allows the brain to absorb new information as easily as it did before age 7. Hensch is a joint professor of neurology at harvard medical school and boston childrens hospital and a professor of molecular and cellular biology at harvards center for brain science. News science learning absolute pitch could be as easy as swallowing a pill. New drug allows adults to learn as quickly as kids. However, takao hensch, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at harvard university, has proved it can be taught to adults too. Anxiety can be passed on genetically but new research is looking at something called plasticity in the brain, or the ability of the brain to change. Granite staters commute longer than most, paying quarter. Its a moodstabilizing drug, but we found that it also restores the plasticity of the brain to a juvenile state, hensch tells nprs linda wertheimer.
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Takao hensch harvard university department of molecular. Harvard professor of molecular and cellular biology takao hensch joins us to talk about his study on a pill that might give us the answer. A briefing that holds the potential for sending news back to your newsroom or provides foundation material for a future story or project. Pretty soon, users will see a ticker on the right side of their news feed that will. Its the first time that a drug has ever been shown to help people become better at identifying pitch, he said.
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