Tag Archives: TED

Experience or memory – how do you know your learners are happy?

By Ally | Published: May 5, 2010
Last week, I watched a fascinating TED video called " The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory". In it, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman revealed how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. The blurb describing the video content said: This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy [...]
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Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us

By Ally | Published: October 22, 2009
Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices. So how much do you create a soundscape in your training rooms?
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How we read each other’s minds

By Ally | Published: September 11, 2009
Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how do we do it? In this 16 minute  presentation at TED Global, Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples' thoughts -- and judges their actions. It's a truly fascinating insight into a region [...]
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