Tag: learning

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Thyroid hormone (T3) promotes curiosity, exploration, novelty-seeking

Curiosity is one of the most common observations in healthy children and is even an established biomarker…

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Serotonin enhances learning from punishment, reduces learning from reward

Research as early as the 1960s firmly established that there is nothing “happy” when it comes to…

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We Learn Faster When Our Choices Aren’t Forced / Influenced

One of the most popular quotes by Peat states that “The attempt to steer a person can…

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A piece of plastic can learn through training, just like animals

The house of cards that is modern “science” continues to crumble, albeit slowly. Several years ago I…

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People with more intellectual humility have superior (general) knowledge

A really good study, which may suggest the arrogant “experts” running society are probably a lot less…