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Next: How The Mind Processes Understanding
A brief introduction to the mechanics of understanding.
Sep 8
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Lee LeFever
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Why Some Ideas Survive the Gauntlet of the Mind
Why did Olivia remember to “eat more fiber” and forget everything else?
Sep 2
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Lee LeFever
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The Science of Cognitive Load: How Do We Know?
How pupil dilation helped prove one of the most influential theories in cognitive science.
Aug 25
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Lee LeFever
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What is Cognitive Load? Why Does it Matter?
Your mind has limits, and when it's overloaded, predictable problems start to occur
Aug 11
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Lee LeFever
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What Have We Learned About Better Explanations?
A summary of tips and ideas that connect cognitive science to clear communication.
Aug 5
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Lee LeFever
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We Think In Chunks: Video Explainer
Understand the science behind a fundamental idea in cognitive science
Jul 28
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Lee LeFever
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The Science of Working Memory: How Do We Know?
How researchers measured one of the mind's most important limits
Jul 14
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Lee LeFever
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Two Ways of Thinking, Two Explanation Challenges
An influential idea that frames why explanations succeed or fail.
Jul 7
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Lee LeFever
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We've Been Studying "System 1" All Along
How attention, context, and gist fit into one powerful framework
Jun 23
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Lee LeFever
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Your Mind Gets the Gist in 100 Milliseconds
Before you've decided to pay attention, your mind has already started to understand
Jun 16
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Lee LeFever
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The Science of Context - How Do We Know?
A groundbreaking experiment that explains why context is essential for comprehension, memory, and learning.
Jun 9
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Lee LeFever
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Is Cognitive Science Real Science? (Video)
What makes the study of the mind scientific and trustworthy
Jun 2
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Lee LeFever
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