How to Learn (or Teach) Something New
What’s the best way to learn or to teach something new? A few recent studies suggest some surprising twists on ...
We Must Hang Together, or Assuredly We Will Hang Separately
Neuroscience continues to broaden our understanding of how communications actually works, and to shift our received wisdom. Two studies that ...
The Learning Paradox for Speakers
The human brain is a much more powerful learning machine than we think. A recent study (Buch et al., 2021) ...
How Helpful Is Failure Really?
Failure is fashionable. At least to judge from the public speaking world, where it is a popular topic and where ...
Are You Leaving Your Impact To Chance?
One thing that is not part of our commonsense understanding of how our minds work is the importance of the ...
