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Even more connectivity might be gained by writing while riding a bicycle, or being chased by a lion while typing out your thesus. If brain connectivity is the g
by sandworm101 3y ago
Even more connectivity might be gained by writing while riding a bicycle, or being chased by a lion while typing out your thesus. If brain connectivity is the goal, any increase in complication should work. Texting while driving probably increases brain connectivity. That doesnt mean it should be encouraged.
- brailsafe 3y agoOddly hostile take about writing on paper and bicycling
- tomrod 3y agoThat's how I roll. Bring on the bike pens!
- rpmisms 3y agoI only do both of those things because I enjoy them. Don't make me do either, please.
- etrautmann 3y agoas a neuroscientist (who hasn't read the paper but approaches such work with general skepticisms), this is a reasonable take and an important point. Too often, trivial points are elevated to pseudo-profundity.
- hot_gril 3y agoThere's value in thinking about the topic you're trying to learn, while you're learning it. When I was in college, I handwrote my notes, then I switched to typing, then I switched to no notes. Just paid close attention in lecture and thought about the topic during any pauses in talking. Worked wonders. Part of this relied on the professors distributing lecture slides afterwards, which they always did. Helped jog my memory later and remind me of what to study for the final.
- zamadatix 3y agoThere is definitely a quality balance to be had between taking notes and understanding, particularly true if you know you aren't going to go back and put in the proper time to study the notes you made afterward. For an extreme example I had a calculus class where your notes were graded but if you wanted an A you pretty much had to write the entire book section set by hand. It resulted in one of the worst retention rates I had of any class because it was a mad dash to write everything down to get the A and then you had to go back and spend time trying to think about what you just wrote. On the other hand in another calculus class notes weren't graded and I ended up with basically 1 sheet (front/back) with a few notes on things I didn't get 100% or wanted to remind myself of later and then spent 10 minutes outside of class reviewing those to great success.
- peterleiser 3y agoMy wife and I have never heard of being graded on your notes. Which school was this?
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- GreyMolecules 3y agoWell, you probably won't kill yourself by handwriting.
- BirAdam 3y agoTrue, but I did get some bad RSI from it in school.
- stubish 3y ago> shown by widespread theta/alpha connectivity coherence patterns between network hubs and nodes in parietal and central brain regions. Existing literature indicates that connectivity patterns in these brain areas and at such frequencies are crucial for memory formation and for encoding new information and, therefore, are beneficial for learning. They found activity in desirable parts of the brain. Being chased by a lion would trigger panic responses and parts of your brain would be shut down. So no, any increase in complication will not work. I certainly doubt texting while driving will work to improve connectivity in the parts of your brain required for safe driving.
- mewpmewp2 3y agoHow would we know that memory formation is related to the subject at hand and not how to physically write?
- sandworm101 3y agoTexting while driving is actually a desirable skill for military pilots. They specifically look for people who can drive a vehicle while holding a conversation and monitoring several screens. Being chased by a lion would certainly focus the parts of the brain covering perception, balance and coordination. And learning to control one's panic responce is essential cognitive development imho. My point is that essentially any complex activity is a learning experience, a time of increased brain activity.
- stubish 3y agoThe article and study is not about learning though, it is specifically about memory. I doubt anyone would claim that learning to drive was best done by taking notes at a lecture (texting or otherwise), as it is about training reflexes and habits, essentially so you can do it without thinking. Because thinking is slow. But maybe the best way to to learn Latin irregular verbs is to scream them out while being chased by a lion; that would require further study. Somewhat related, I recall a study on how we find it easier to perform complex mechanical tasks while moving our tongues or sticking them out. Which seems to be how our brains use of language gets tied to physical activity when we need to really concentrate and engage higher thought. I can grasp how writing could well improve memory formation, forcing us to codify thought into language, engaging those parts of the brain that use language for reasoning. But interesting if typing does it worse.
- m3kw9 3y agoThis can all work in VR
- andai 3y agoThis but unironically. Linus Torvalds installed a treadmill under his computer desk.