Beginners

This tendency for people to default to the familiar, even in the face of a more optimal novel solution, has been termed the Einstellung effect (after a German word that means “set”).

While we tend to think of feedback as a diagnostic tool for fixing mistakes, a growing body of research shows that people not only prefer to be given feedback on their successful attempts at a skill; they seem to learn better this way.

Just because you’re not immediately good at something does not mean you won’t eventually get it.

Being a good parent, like any learning process, requires thoughtful practice.

The adult brain, once believed to be hopelessly “fixed and immutable,” is now thought capable of much greater plasticity than ever before.

Humans seem to perform better in the presence of others.

We have to learn how to teach. Sometimes we have to relearn what we are trying to teach.

Drawing is said to be a good way to actually acquire knowledge, because the act of drawing adds another layer of memory encoding in your brain,

The more we want to learn, the more we prime the brain. The more curious you are to know the answer to a question, the better chance you’ll remember it.