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3 Ages of the Brain Under the Microscope of Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

Over the last few decades, neuroscience has begun to confirm or refute certain hypotheses we had about how the brain works, in addition to leading us down new paths of knowledge. However, thanks to brain imaging, we know a little more about some of its particularities at different stages of life and their links with learning.

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The Learning and Forgetting Curve: How to Make eLearning Memorable

TalentLMS

Visuals and auditory stimulation activates the brain to focus and process these information signals and make sense out of them. When we sleep, the dendrites (brain cells) grow and branch and connect to older dendrites, enhancing information connectivity. Prevent cognitive overload by presenting information in “chunks”.

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A Brief History of AI

Learningtogo

Humans have been using machines to augment our capabilities for a long time, so it’s only natural that we’ve come to a point where we’re looking to replicate our cognitive processes in some of those machines. Alan Turing predicts that machines might one day mimic the cognitive functions of humans. A Brief History of AI.

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Motivation and Success from the Brain’s Perspective: Test Your Knowledge

KnowledgeOne

More recently, neuroscience has provided new keys to understanding the phenomenon based on the observation of its mechanisms in the brain. A) Before making an effort, the brain makes a cost-benefit assessment. B) In the brain, effort results in the activation of the prefrontal cortex. CORRECT ANSWER C. .” C) Our age.

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The 8-second attention span; or, I'm fine if goldfish are more patient than millennials

Ontuitive

In spring of 2014, Microsoft Canada released the results of a study on media consumers that claimed attention spans are shrinking. In spring of 2014, Microsoft Canada released the results of a study on media consumers that claimed attention spans are shrinking.

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ProProfs Quiz Maker earns the Spring 2014 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award!

ProProfs

After getting ranked as the top learning tool on the planet by Listly and named as finalists for our Training Maker product in 2014 American Business Awards , we have yet another award in our kitty. And this time it’s our Quiz Maker that has earned us the Spring 2014 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award.

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4 Benefits of AI for Learners… and Teachers

KnowledgeOne

Whether positive or negative, receiving feedback activates the reward system and triggers a dopamine release in the brain (Wilkinson et al., In the brain, all learning results from the repeated activation of neurons related to the targeted learning.

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