Mind Brain and Problem Solving
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Neuroskeptic
Not one but two new papers have appeared from the Carlos Zarate group at NIMH reporting that a single injection of the drug ketamine has rapid, powerful antidepressant effects. One placebo-controlled study found a benefit in depressed bipolar patients who were already on mood stabilizers. The other found benefits in treatment-resistant major depression, though ketamine wasn't compared to placebo that time.
Mind Hacks
I’m writing a fortnightly column for BBC Future , about everyday brain quirks (as I’ve mentioned previously ). My marvellous editor has told me I can repost the columns here, with a three day delay.The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment
Welcome to the Stanford Prison Experiment web site, which features an extensive slide show and information about this classic psychology experiment, including parallels with the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib . What happens when you put good people in an evil place?
Dreyfus model of skill acquisition
In the fields of education and operations research , the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition is a model of how students acquire skills through formal instruction and practicing. Brothers Stuart and Hubert Dreyfus proposed the model in 1980 in an influential, 18-page report on their research at the University of California, Berkeley , Operations Research Center for the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research. [ 1 ] The original model proposes that a student passes through five distinct stages: novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert.
Learning styles are various approaches or ways of learning. They involve educating methods, particular to an individual, that are presumed to allow that individual to learn best. Most people prefer an identifiable method of interacting with, taking in, and processing stimuli or information .
Learning styles
In psychology , the four stages of competence , or the "conscious competence" learning model, relates to the psychological states involved in the process of progressing from incompetence to competence in a skill . [ edit ] History
Four stages of competence
What Learning Norms Do not Work
Unfortunately, learning through book osmosis doesn't make the learning strategies list.
