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ISLAMABAD: Parents whose children are struggling with math often view intense tutoring as the best way to help those master crucial skills, but a new study released on Monday suggests that for some kids even that is a lost cause.According to the research, the size of one key brain structure and the connections between it and other regions can help identify the 8- and 9-year olds who will hardly benefit from one-on-one math instruction, Fox news reported."We could predict how much a child learned from the tutoring based on measures of brain structure and connectivity," said Vinod Menon, a professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, who led the research.The study, published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to use brain imaging to look for a connection between brain attributes and the ability to learn arithmetic. ...
PARIS: French singer and composer Georges Moustaki, who sang in several languages and whose romantic ballads won him global fame, died on Thursday at the age of 79, his entourage said.Born on May 3, 1934 to an immigrant European Jewish couple who had settled in Egypt, Moustaki -- whose real name was Giuseppe Mustacchi -- penned some 300 songs including the 1958 hit "Milord" sung by Edith Piaf which created a worldwide sensation.Moustaki changed his ...
ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 15 percent of Pakistanis say they do not have fruit at all.A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked "How many days a week do you eat fruit.Responding to this, 34 percent said 1 to 2 days, 31 percent said 3 to 4 days, 6 percent said 5 to 6 days and 15 percent said ...
CANNES: He has almost no dialogue and the character he plays is never named, but Robert Redford delighted Cannes on Wednesday in his first meaty starring role in years, a solo performance as a lost-at-sea yachtsman fighting for his life.Now a hardy 76, the leading man of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Sting" and "Out of Africa" carries "All Is Lost" by J.C. Chandor single-handedly, with just a few scripted lines.He plays a ...
CANNES: Blockbuster features that cost $100 million or more may grab the headlines, but the area of filmmaking that is growing fastest is documentaries, say industry sources at the Cannes Film Festival.Driving the trend, they say, is a widening demand for films that go beyond fiction and instead touch on today's realities.Helping to meet it are the tools of cheap digital technology and video-on-demand, which are smashing the hegemony of big studios and TV channels ...More Articles...
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