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How perception influences knowing and understanding

By ⋅ June 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Daniel Tammet uses examples linked to his experience of synesthesia to explain how our perception creates knowledge: ”Aesthetic judgements rather than abstract reasoning guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know.”

"What’s my motivation?"

By ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

No sooner had I composed yesterday’s post when David Gurteen tweeted this TED talk in which Dan Pink talks how rewards narrow focus and restrict possibilities in creative tasks: Dan quotes research by Dr. Bernd Irlenbusch of the London School of Economics: “We find that financial incentives… can result in a negative impact on overall [...]

Imprinting failure to succeed

By ⋅ February 1, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

“When Arthur had been a boy at school, long before the Earth had been demolished, he had used to play football. He had not been at all good at it, and his particular speciality had been scoring own goals in important matches. Whenever this happened he used to experience a peculiar tingling round the back [...]

Everything you need to know in a treasure hunt

By ⋅ June 15, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Earlier this week, Dave Snowden talked about the difficulties people experience when joining a new culture. A few months ago, a friend of mine from UEL told me how they use “treasure hunt”-style events when inducting new students. Google reveals this is popular in academia. Sadly I’ve lost the URL to one institution’s site. They’d [...]

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