While mindlessly flicking through the TV channels the other night Paul stumbled upon a documentary on about the American Airborne Division and heard the expression “perishable skill” – that got his attention…
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Working Memory: laptop battery or fading light
A short article on SciAm website reports research by Cognitive psychologists Weiwei Zhang and Stephen J. Luck at the University of California. They challenge long held beliefs that working memory fades gradually over a few seconds. Instead, their research suggests that working memory is held accurately for a period then dissappears suddenly.
Luck says the system [...]
3 ways the brain creates meaning (video by Tom Wujec)
We all know that great visuals enhance learning. A recent talk by Tom Wujec explains what happens inside our heads as we process visual inputs. In this TED talk video, Tom Wujec explains how he set himself the task of understanding how the brain creates meaning with the aim of improving communication so that we can think and collaborate more effectively.
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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Make the Training “Stick”
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Make the Training “Stick” « Gina Abudi
