December 2011
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Dec 28th
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The 11 Best Science Books of 2011 →
— by Maria Popova, via Brain Pickings
Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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rightbrainbook asked: I came across your blog, and I think a project I'm working one fits nicely with what you're talking about, specifically visual learning. Interesting how things fall so parallel sometimes, well great blog! Check mine out if you'd like to see more about the project
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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When an adult took standardized tests forced on... →
A school board member takes versions of his state’s standardized tests in math and reading, and realizes something is really wrong with these high-stakes exams. — Washington Post
Dec 8th
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Why Aren't We Smarter Already? Evolutionary Limits... →
We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. But maybe smarter isn’t really all that better. A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, warns that there are limits on how smart humans can get, and any...
Dec 8th
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Human Brains Unlikely to Evolve Into a 'Supermind'... →
Human minds have hit an evolutionary “sweet spot” and — unlike computers — cannot continually get smarter without trade-offs elsewhere, according to research by the University of Warwick. — ScienceDaily
Dec 8th
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