Thursday, June 11, 2009

How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds


Will the discoveries of neuroscientists help us to think, learn and remember?

By CHRISTOPHER F. CHABRIS, Wall Street Journal

We are in the midst of an explosion of knowledge about how the human mind and brain work -- how memory comes in many different types, each stored in a different part of the brain; how our minds constantly process information outside our conscious awareness; how differences in brain function help to define differences in our personalities. A lot of this new knowledge raises provocative questions, not least about human nature.

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