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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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Do you want to boost recall by up to 15%

This seems to indicate is that by doing all our training in training rooms we are depriving our learners about 15% of their ability to recall the learning later. And that’s quite a lot!

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40 Superb Psychology Blogs

Want to know more about how people react and think?

Want to expand your understanding of people and their pesonalities?

Check out this excellent roundup of the superb psychology blogs:
40 Superb Psychology Blogs | PsyBlog

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