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Tag Archives: psychology
Podcast: Interview with Stella Collins Pt2
In this second part of our interview with Stella Collins, director and consultant at Stellar Learning and co-founder of Brain in Business, Stella and Ally discuss Stella's influences, how pirates got her into training and ways to enliven 'dry' subject matter.
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In Part One of our interview, Stella and [...]
The Mozart effect debunked
For many years I have been aware of the generally held view that playing Baroque music, specifically Mozart, can have a beneficial impact on learning and retention.
Some have even suggested playing Mozart to children can improve IQ and the common reason given for this is the “Mozart Effect”.
On a quiet day in the office recently [...]
Posted in Theory Also tagged accelerated learning, brain, memory, music, neurology, recollection, retention 6 Comments
Beyond unconsciously competent Pt.2: keep in the flow
In the Beyond unconsciously competent Pt.1: Now what? we looked at “Flow” taken from the book "Flow – The psychology of optimal experience" written by Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and discussed how it could be applied in the training world.
In this second and final part we will look at what his model means in relation to [...]
Beyond unconsciously competent Pt.1: Now what?
In the first of a two articles exploring the limits of the Four Stages of Competence model, Paul suggests Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of "Flow" as a way of taking our learners beyond Unconsciously Competent.
Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life?