
How We Learn
Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine...for Now
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Kaleo Griffith
“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and ‘learning’ is such a word. It seems so ordinary, everyone does it. Actually it’s more of a black box, which Dehaene cracks open to reveal the awesome secrets within.” (The New York Times Book Review)
An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain's remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them.
The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency?
In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain’s learning algorithms in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life and at any age.
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Critic reviews
"[An] expert overview of learning.... Never mind our opposable thumb, upright posture, fire, tools, or language; it is education that enabled humans to conquer the world.... Dehaene's fourth insightful exploration of neuroscience will pay dividends for attentive readers." (Kirkus Reviews)
“[Dehaene] rigorously examines our remarkable capacity for learning. The baby brain is especially awesome and not a 'blank slate'.... Dehaene’s portrait of the human brain is fascinating.” (Booklist)
"A richly instructive [book] for educators, parents, and others interested in how to most effectively foster the pursuit of knowledge." (Publishers Weekly)
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Recommending to every educator I know
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The book also gave me some ideas to improve my own learning. Like reading before sleep. As well as getting a good amount of quality sleep. Which I kind of knew but it was good to be reminded of again.
Excellent
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Interesting and informative
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Must to parents, teachers, instructors and students
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We’ll written to explain many theories behind learning
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Excellent
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As a teacher, I only wish we had more information and continued research on this topic
Clear and useful
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Testing show the most important thing for learning, not studying (as most people think). So my favorite way of learning - start to do something and learn what I need along the way, is actually quite valid!
Given the new facts from brain imaging, we should re-evaluate our teaching aproaches, because it tend to extinguish curiosity in children, especially the gifted ones.
Everyone should learn to happily make errors.
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Inspiring
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interesting and informative
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