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CM 164: Stanislas Dehaene On How We Learn

June 22, 2020 Curious Minds podcast 00:42:38 Comments Off on CM 164: Stanislas Dehaene On How We Learn

What are the skills that can help us learn new things more quickly and efficiently? Our ability to learn sets us apart from other species. Yet few of us understand how to maximize this ability. Stanislas Dehaene, Director of the NeuroSpin Brain Imaging Center in Saclay, France, and Professor of Experimental Cognitive Psychology at the…

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CM 120: Maryanne Wolf on Digital Reading

December 15, 2018 Curious Minds podcast 00:47:48 Comments Off on CM 120: Maryanne Wolf on Digital Reading

By reading on our devices, we’re losing abilities it took us thousands of years to develop. That’s because reading from a screen – a computer, a tablet, a phone – lends itself to skimming. This lack of deep reading alters brain development and erodes essential skills, like critical thinking and empathy, according to literacy expert,…

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