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5 falsche Mythen über unser Gehirn und kognitive Prozesse, die sich aus irgendeinem Grund trotzdem in unserer Gesellschaft etabliert haben 🧠. Von Lerntypen 👨🏫 bis zum 10%-Mythos - ich gehe die etabliertesten Mythen und beantworte sie lapidar und mit wissenschaftlichen Quellen 💡. Schaut rein! 👀 #Gehirnmythen #KognitiveWissenschaft #Psychologie Quellen: 1. Newton PM, Miah M. Evidence-Based Higher Education - Is the Learning Styles 'Myth' Important? Front Educ. 2020;5:165.doi:10.3389/feduc.2020.602451 2. Mishra J, Anguera JA, Gazzaley A. Attention Span Across the Lifespan: A Cross-Sectional Study. Front Cogn. 2023;2:1207428. doi:10.3389/fcogn.2023.1207428 3. Neisser U, Boodoo G, Bouchard TJ Jr, et al. Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns. Am Psychol. 1996;51(2):77-101. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.51.2.77 4. Nielsen JA, Zielinski BA, Ferguson MA, Lainhart JE, Anderson JS. An evaluation of the left-brain vs. right-brain hypothesis with resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(8):e71275. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071275 5. OECD. The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice. OECD Publishing; 2010. doi:10.1787/9789264086487-en

Title : The Nexus of Compassion In the years ahead, humanity had reached a pivotal moment in its evolution. The world had overcome many of its challenges, including climate change and social disparities, thanks to a remarkable breakthrough in the field of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The world was on the cusp of a new era—the age of the Nexus of Compassion. The story revolves around Dr. Elena Martinez, a brilliant neuroscientist with a passion for understanding the human brain and its potential. Dr. Martinez had spent decades studying empathy, compassion, and their neural underpinnings. Her research culminated in the creation of the Compassion Nexus, a neural interface that allowed individuals to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences directly with others. The Compassion Nexus was not a tool for control, but a bridge for understanding. It enabled people to connect on a profound level, experiencing the emotions, perspectives, and experiences of others. The technology had the potential to revolutionize human relationships and foster a deep sense of empathy and compassion. As the Compassion Nexus was introduced to the world, people began to form connections that transcended boundaries. It became a means to step into another person's shoes, experiencing

As the world inches ever closer to mind-reading technology, some scientists are calling to legally enshrine the right to keep our thoughts to ourselves. In interviews with Undark, neuroscientists — including those who are working to make these so-called brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) happen — revealed their concerns about the devices. In one particularly telling exchange, a pair of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin who've successfully created a BCI that can rudimentarily translate brain waves into text described how it felt to realize their device was actually reading their thoughts. "Holy shit," UT neuroscientist Alexander Huth, who had been working on BCIs for almost a decade when he achieved a breakthrough in 2020, recalled exclaiming. "This is actually working." For Huth, the moment was especially strange because he'd often tested the devices on himself. "Oh my god," the neuroscientist thought, per his retelling to Undark. "We can look inside my brain." Huth's BCI at UT is far from the only one to manage the feat of mind-reading, however primitively. Indeed, although BCIs have been around in various experimental forms for half a century, there have been reports in recent years of other researchers creating fledgling devices that can quite literally read the thoughts of the wearer. While this tech will invariably help people who cannot speak or type due to medical issues communicate, concerns about mental surveillance a la "Big Brother" are very real. To address them, some experts have begun championing so-called "neurorights," or the right to mental privacy. "The loss of mental privacy, this is a fight we have to fight today," Columbia neuroscientist Rafael Yuste, who initially worked on BCI research before realizing its dangers, told the website. "That could be irreversible. If we lose our mental privacy, what else is there to lose? That’s it, we lose the essence of who we are." #bci #neuroscience #mental #privacy #neurorights https://lnkd.in/gSA5Gafu

"A new study challenges the belief that higher intelligence scores are associated with faster information processing. It also reveals a link between problem-solving ability and differences in brain connectivity and synchrony between the frontal and parietal lobes. The findings suggest that there is a tradeoff between speed and accuracy in cognitive processes, highlighting the importance of slower and more effortful thinking for solving difficult problems and making better decisions." https://lnkd.in/gg2tBBTQ

KEY TAKEAWAYS A new study challenges the belief that higher intelligence scores are associated with faster information processing. It also reveals a link between problem-solving ability and differences in brain connectivity and synchrony between the frontal and parietal lobes. The findings suggest that there is a tradeoff between speed and accuracy in cognitive processes, highlighting the importance of slower and more effortful thinking for solving difficult problems and making better decisions. https://lnkd.in/ex-S5XTW #intelligence