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Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Melanie Boly, a neurologist and neuroscientist at the Medical School of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is painstakingly collecting EEG data from long-term Buddhist meditators during a state known as pure presence, an experience with no self, no discursive thoughts, and no perceptual content except for a luminous expanse, an empty mirror.
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selective attention test
youtube.comThe majority of students chooses every day not to test themselves in any way.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
The Bayesian Brain and Meditation
youtube.comDas ist schon deshalb von Vorteil, weil das Gehirn regelmäßig Pausen braucht, um die aufgenommenen Informationen zu verarbeiten, zu verknüpfen und ins Langzeitgedächtnis zu übernehmen.[25] Zwischendurch zu schlafen oder spazieren zu gehen ist, anders als manche behaupten,[26] kein Zeichen von Trägheit. Schlaf verfestigt nicht nur die aufgenommenen
... See moreSönke Ahrens • Das Zettelkasten-Prinzip
For optimal learning, the brain must avoid any distraction.
Stanislas Dehaene • How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
can think strategically to remember the most useful information when we need it.