An article in "Nature Reviews Neuroscience" reviews some of the
"neurononsense" that is still being propagated though this is
basically an essay and not an empirical research report (and
a somewhat imprecise one at that, for example, what grade
levels do the teachers teach that are reported in Table 1?).
A popular media account is provided the U.K.'s Guardian; see:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/oct/17/brain-baloney-neuro-myths-teaching-education-classroom
And the Nature article can be obtained here:
http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nrn3817.html
NOTE: it is available for free if you register for access to the
website; some might consider going through their institution.
One of the questions asked in the quoted survey of teachers across five
countries is "We mostly only use 10% of our brain." There
is bad news and good news:
Bad news: China is tops with 59% of teachers agreeing with the
statement.
Good news. The US was not included in the survey. ;-)
More neurononsense is covered, .so don't slack off. ;-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
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