http://www.otherlobe.com/2009/10/a-brief-note-about-a-timely-article/ A Blog About Experiential Education, Social Media, and the Brain... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.otherlobe.com/2009/10/a-brief-note-about-a-timely-article/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Jim Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:22:28 +0000 http://www.otherlobe.com/?p=261#comment-234 Mercedes, You raise (for me) a very interesting point about how the anterior cingulate cortex activity, which is mentioned in this article about ambiguity, would be manifest differently in people with different cognitive styles or in different tasks. I am not a cognitive neruopsychologist, but it is clear people have different learning styles. Does anyone have information on this topic? I like the presence of a brain area in our conversation as it somehow grounds the conversation. I would be interested to hear from our readers if they find it helpful or distracting to think this way if the goal is to understand something about higher education. -Jim Mercedes,
You raise (for me) a very interesting point about how the anterior cingulate cortex activity, which is mentioned in this article about ambiguity, would be manifest differently in people with different cognitive styles or in different tasks. I am not a cognitive neruopsychologist, but it is clear people have different learning styles. Does anyone have information on this topic?
I like the presence of a brain area in our conversation as it somehow grounds the conversation. I would be interested to hear from our readers if they find it helpful or distracting to think this way if the goal is to understand something about higher education.
-Jim

]]> http://www.otherlobe.com/2009/10/a-brief-note-about-a-timely-article/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Mercedes Carota Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:31:09 +0000 http://www.otherlobe.com/?p=261#comment-233 Hi Jim, I think this is a very interesting article. The study they did fascinates me, but I can almost comprehend the phenomena they are describing. I love problem solving because it requires me to dissect the problem and challenge what I think is useful to solving it. On the other hand, I am not very competent at activities like a formalized version of "reading comprehension" (GREs or SATs). This is because I do not "actively" read. I do not have to "dissect" a reading comprehension paragraph, so I do not. But, I have to dissect and prob and problem solving questions because I would be clueless otherwise. It is interesting to think about that article this way. I wonder if we could trick ourselves into thinking everything was nonsense or absurd in order to sharpen our minds? To simply not assume anything is a given... Hi Jim,
I think this is a very interesting article. The study they did fascinates me, but I can almost comprehend the phenomena they are describing. I love problem solving because it requires me to dissect the problem and challenge what I think is useful to solving it. On the other hand, I am not very competent at activities like a formalized version of “reading comprehension” (GREs or SATs). This is because I do not “actively” read. I do not have to “dissect” a reading comprehension paragraph, so I do not. But, I have to dissect and prob and problem solving questions because I would be clueless otherwise. It is interesting to think about that article this way. I wonder if we could trick ourselves into thinking everything was nonsense or absurd in order to sharpen our minds? To simply not assume anything is a given…

]]> http://www.otherlobe.com/2009/10/a-brief-note-about-a-timely-article/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Jim Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:05:44 +0000 http://www.otherlobe.com/?p=261#comment-229 How dare I comment on my own post? Well I just wanted to give another NYT article on Tuesday on the effect of Nonsense on sharpening the mind. Note that it mentions the anterior cingulate cortex, another limbic judgement area related to neuroeconomics, drug addiction, etc. (also maybe learning from experience?). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health/06mind.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper How dare I comment on my own post? Well I just wanted to give another NYT article on Tuesday on the effect of Nonsense on sharpening the mind. Note that it mentions the anterior cingulate cortex, another limbic judgement area related to neuroeconomics, drug addiction, etc. (also maybe learning from experience?).
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health/06mind.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

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