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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | July 30, 2021

Mike Taylor

How to Extend Your Brain Power to Maximize Your Intelligence. Your brain has limits. Acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul says that in order to think the intelligent, informed, original thoughts we’re capable of, we can’t rely on the brain alone. Here are some simple ways to extend your mind, according to science.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 25, 2019

Mike Taylor

I’m wrapping up this week’s newsletter from the Las Vegas airport on my way home from DevLearn. And yet, a growing body of research is revealing that many of the underlying beliefs of educators about learning are based on myth and misunderstanding – particularly in regard to the brain. The What, Why, & How of Social Bookmarking.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): " Visual Thinking, Imagery, and the Brain" (Eide Neurolearning Blog)

Mark Oehlert

Their post mentions and links to a PDF of an article in press, entitled " What Brain Imaging Can Tell Us About Embodied Meaning ," by Marcel Just. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): What if "This is your brain on drugs".was a good thing?

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Web-based Replacements for MSFT Project | Main | Semi-Daily Quote/Lyric/Words of Others » March 25, 2008 What if "This is your brain on drugs".was Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): How will ISD handle "Neural Buddhism"?

Mark Oehlert

" Aside from how interesting that is, what struck me is when Brooks describes a general sense of the more recent thoughts on how the brain works, he argues that: " Over the past several years, the momentum has shifted away fromhard-core materialism. The brain seems less like a cold machine. Love is vital to brain development."

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Semi-Daily Quote/Lyric/Words of Others

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « What if "This is your brain on drugs".was Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us was a good thing?

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Daily Quote/Lyric/Words of Others

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Memory, Reconsolidation and Big Questions. Main | " Visual Thinking, Imagery, and the Brain" (Eide Neurolearning Blog) » March 21, 2008 Daily Quote/Lyric/Words of Others " The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk."