7 Reasons Why Neuromyths Persist, and How You Can Better Resist Them

In our post-truth world, misinformation, outright lies, wacko theories, and myths litter the media landscape. And myths about how our brains work—neuromyths—are no exception. Recent <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40601465-neuromyths" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">estimates</a> suggest that 70 neuromyths are currently in circulation and are on the rise. In education, many myths persistently pervade the minds of teachers and learners alike. Take so-called learning styles, where people wrongly think they are a “visual learner” or a “tactile learner”, and so on. Yet, it’s a neuromyth. Someone may prefer learning visually, but learning can and does occur multimodally. Likewise, some folk “listen” to audio content while they sleep to learn new stuff. Yet “learning in your sleep” is of mythological proportions. So, while sleep consolidates existing learning, you can’t create new learning. <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/7-reasons-why-neuromyths-persist-and-how-you-can-better-resist-them-d84cf7094752">Read More</a>