Stop Paying Attention And You Will Learn Better?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 21:00
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study challenges the prevailing assumption that you must pay attention to something in order to learn it. Research in the journal Neuron says that stimulus-reward pairing can elicit visual learning in adults ... even without awareness of the stimulus presentation or reward contingencies. read more
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