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Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions
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Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions

by Clark Quinn
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
200 pages
3h 39m
English
Association for Talent Development
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QUICK GUIDES TO THE MYTHS

1O PERCENT OF OUR BRAIN

CLAIM

Humans use only 10 percent of their brain.

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RESEARCH METHOD Brain scans.
BASIS

Boyd, R. 2008. “Do People Only Use 10% of Their Brains?” Scientific American, February 8. www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-use-10-percent-of-their-brains.

STATUS We use our entire brain, just at different times.
COMMENTS

»  We can improve our thinking, but through learning.

»  Our brains operate in distributed ways, so it may appear that parts are not being used.

RECOMMENDATION Develop your skills through practice.

ATTENTION SPAN OF A GOLDFISH

CLAIM

Humans have changed to having ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781947308381