Forgetting Is Good for You
We all complain about how lousy our memories are. But forgetting is one of the most important tasks your brain undertakes. In fact, your brain intentionally and immediately discards almost everything you experience.
Gathering the Science of Learning
Researchers from all over the world gathered for the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. This meeting is the premier conference for cognitive scientists to share new discoveries and provide feedback on each other’s ideas and analyses.
Learning That’s Gamified
All games use powerful triggers that cause learning, long term memory, and motivation. This is true of board games, video games (which now generate more revenue than movies), and sports.
Neurons That Learn
Your brain is not a computer. It may perform computations, but it’s nothing like the device that carries out spreadsheet calculations. Here’s a way to be completely sure of that contention: Imagine…
A Brain That Learns About The World
Henry Molaison had become the world’s most famous psychological patient but had no knowledge of that important fact. He’d been told of his fame many times, but to no avail. Mr. Molaison had no way to remember that …
Motivational Triggers for Learning
Correspondence to reality is a phrase that philosophers have long used to describe the goal of humanity’s quest for a description of nature. No undertaking yet devised gets closer......
Emotional Triggers for Learning
In the real world, Mr. Spock from Star Trek would be paralyzed without the guiding power of emotion. The countless moment-to-moment decisions we take for granted would be......
The Psychology of Learning
Poor Solomon Shereshevsky couldn’t help but create detailed memories of nearly everything that entered his unusual brain. He never forgot. He could be given long lists of numbers......
Cognitive Triggers for Learning
Correspondence to reality is a phrase that philosophers have long used to describe the goal of humanity’s quest for a description of nature. No undertaking yet devised gets closer......
Confidently Held Misinformation
Confidently held misinformation (CHM), refers to misinformation that is relied on as if it were true. Our clients have found an average of 25 – 35% false confidence within......