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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Globe and Mail Article on Learning

Psychologist (and author of The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap) Susan Pinker has a nice article in Toronto's Globe and Mail featuring Bjork Lab research on learning. She tries out a new metaphor for learning: the construction site. I'm not sure it'll catch on.
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