Helping bridge neuroscience and education: 30+ experts debunk the theory of fixed, rigid “learning styles”

By SharpBrains | March 27, 2017 |

No evi­dence to back idea of learn­ing styles (OpEd in The Guardian co-authored by 30+ neu­ro­sci­en­tists and psy­chol­o­gists): “There is wide­spread inter­est among teach­ers in the use of neu­ro­sci­en­tif­ic research find­ings in edu­ca­tion­al prac­tice. How­ev­er, there are also mis­con­cep­tions and myths that are sup­pos­ed­ly based on sound neu­ro­science that are preva­lent in our schools. We…

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Debunking popular brain myths

By SharpBrains | August 4, 2014

Three Myths About the Brain (The New York Times): “Myths about the brain typ­i­cal­ly arise in this fash­ion: An intrigu­ing exper­i­men­tal result gen­er­ates a plau­si­ble if spec­u­la­tive interpretation…that is lat­er overex­tend­ed or dis­tort­ed (we use only 10% of our brain). The car­i­ca­ture ulti­mate­ly infil­trates pop cul­ture and takes on a life of its own, quite inde­pen­dent from…

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Update: Let’s debunk 32 neuromyths…do we only use 10% of our brain?

By SharpBrains | November 29, 2012

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Novem­ber 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing lat­est sci­ence, tools and think­ing to upgrade brain health. Before we start, do you believe these 32 neu­romyths? Do we only use 10% of our brain? New Sci­ence: Fast cycling can help Parkinson’s Dis­ease patients strength­en brain con­nec­tiv­i­ty for motor abil­i­ty There’s no sin­gle sil­ver bul­let to treat depres­sion (not even…

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Do you believe these neuromyths? Do we only use 10% of our brain?

By SharpBrains | November 16, 2012

Cour­tesy of the recent study Neu­romyths in edu­ca­tion: Preva­lence and pre­dic­tors of mis­con­cep­tions among teach­ers, by Sanne Dekker et al, here you have 32 brain-relat­ed state­ments. Are they cor­rect or incor­rect? We use our brains 24 h a day (C ). Chil­dren must acquire their native lan­guage before a sec­ond lan­guage is learned. If they do…

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