Posts Tagged ‘mental arithmetic’
Forget thinking vs. feeling dichotomy. Think/ feel holistic brain functioning
Mental Math and the Fine-Tuning of Emotions (The Dana Foundation) “You often hear the word “calculating” used to describe someone who always seems to act deliberately, guided by reason rather than emotion. The idea behind this characterization is that human nature straddles a deep divide between thinking and feeling, but current research suggests otherwise. Brain-imaging studies,…
Read MoreWhy working memory matters in the knowledge age: study
We use working memory to remember directions while driving or someone’s name and phone number. Without it, we would be literally lost; we wouldn’t know how to get to that important meeting and would forget important contacts. Working memory is critical for many activities.
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