memory
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Brain power
I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world
Cognitive load theory is concerned with the acquisition of secondary knowledge, and this theory now underpins the method of explicit…
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Brain power
Here’s why memories come flooding back when you visit places from your past
Contextual-binding theory can help to explain the effectiveness of knowledge management tools such as anecdote circles.
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Brain power
How fake news gets into our minds, and what you can do to resist it
Why is it that some 'fake news' gets us remembering things that are not true? It depends on how our…
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Brain power
The practice of “embodied intelligence”
An intriguing paper by Daniel Ludevig makes the bold claim that embodied knowledge can “unlock innovation, creativity and intelligence in…
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In the news
How to change people’s minds
It’s no secret that lots of our present debates (climate change, vaccines, genetically modified organisms, even national broadband) have two…
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Brain power
Digital Amnesia: Memory, internet and modern life
Do you panic when you think you’ve lost your phone? Or do you feel sad at the thought of losing…
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Brain power
The link between memory and stories
The link between memory and stories is tightly woven. You can’t understand story without understanding memory. Our evolution has gifted…
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Systems & complexity
Recordkeeping is important – because our memories are often wrong
In the New Yorker article You have no idea what happened, Maria Konnikova convincingly explains how our memories are unreliable, particularly…
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In the news
Rethinking the reconsolidation theory of memory
Theories about the way that memories are formed and ‘resaved’ on recall (known as ‘reconsolidation’) are facing some serious challenge in the light…
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In the news
Exploring the concept of digital immortality
Immortality is becoming a real possibility for all of us. No, not physically, but digitally. Given the rapid ongoing pace…
