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Daniel Barber

Using Just 10% of Your Brain? Think Again - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    The 10% myth, and other misunderstandings
Daniel Barber

PLOS ONE: An Evaluation of the Left-Brain vs. Right-Brain Hypothesis with Resting State... - 0 views

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    Left / Right Brain bollocks. A study shows fairly conclusively that the idea one side of our brain is more dominant than the other - and by extension, that this dictates what kind of person you are - is little more than a myth.
Daniel Barber

BBC R4 - Inside Science, Switching senses - Undermining the critical period? - 1 views

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    The Age Myth about L2 learning gets another bashing. Turns out the original experiments that helped establish the notion of a critical period for eyesight may be short-sighted! Patrick Kanold, from the University of Maryland: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/05/272092118/seeing-less-helps-the-brain-hear-more
Daniel Barber

Myths about how the brain works have no place in the classroom | Dr Hilary Leevers | Sc... - 4 views

  • potential impact on education is wide-ranging
  • natural sleep pattern
  • rigorous scientific evidence are surprisingly scarce
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    Yeah! What she says! This article published Jan 2014 just about sums it up
Daniel Barber

Change Magazine - September-October 2010 - 1 views

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    There is no credible evidence that learning styles exist
Daniel Barber

Despite what you've been told, you aren't 'left-brained' or 'right-brained' | Amy Novot... - 0 views

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    no evidence that the study participants had a stronger left or right-sided brain network
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