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Billions and Billions – Reshaping our Brains with Numbers

Learningtogo

Billions and Billions – Reshaping our Brains with Numbers by Margie Meacham A number is a number is a number? Some brains see numbers differently My interest in how our brains manipulate numbers into meaning has fascinated me since I was a little girl with undiagnosed dyslexia and dyscalculia. Why do so many prices end in.99

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Seeing the Brain Through the Eyes of an Artist: Elizabeth Jameson

Learningtogo

There is mounting evidence that performance arts enhance brain development at any age. A recent study found that dancers and musicians share very similar brains – they have more connections between different regions of the brain than the average non-artist. Disrupting our Perceptions of Illness and the Brain.

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The Advantages and Potential of Virtual Reality: Test Your Knowledge!

KnowledgeOne

Of all the high-fidelity simulation technologies, VR is by far the most powerful in convincing the user’s brain that they are actually in a world of its own and in generating sensations and emotions as intense as those experienced in a real-world setting. Test your knowledge by answering the following five questions. True or false?

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Designing to Persuade: 5 Elements of Messages that Stick

Mike Taylor

According to Miller (1956), our cognitive capacity for processing information is limited, suggesting that a clear, concise message is more likely to be retained and understood. As Kahneman’s Dual Processing model suggests, messages that appeal to the ‘primal brain’ are more likely to be effective. Damasio, A.

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When training backfires

CLO Magazine

You created enough mental space for them to recall the ask and hold it in their mind long enough to access it (cognitive win!). They put forth significant cognitive, emotive and behavioral effort to even get to this point. Let’s break down what happens leading up to employees taking that leap of faith. First, they remember it.

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Gamification Techniques in Corporate Training

Cognigix

Target’s Cashier Game was introduced as a gamified system where the cashiers can receive instant feedback by playing a game with red and green lights that blink to show if the items were scanned optimally during the checkout. Development of Cognitive Skills: It is believed that the more you exercise your brain, the stronger it becomes.

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The Science of Connection

CLO Magazine

Now, new technology enables “hard” science to provide more evidence into how our brains work. Recent studies of human brain imaging strongly suggest that our brains are wired to be social. Because the brain is wired to be social, it seeks social cues — the real-time behaviors that display connection. How do you do that?

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