Dr Paul Howard-Jones
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first heard Nov 2011
last heard Nov 2011
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And that's something that you might not expect, but it helps us explain a lot of things.
For example, why we're attracted to games of chance.
And it's actually during those moments when you're leading up to the gaming opportunity when the button will be flashing and they'll be finding out whether they've been lucky or not.
That will be the point at which they will be learning most.
Yeah, that's when you strike.
I don't think so.
I think you're making the assumption that this is an unusual situation in some respects.
But I would say that in everyday life, we have much more reward uncertainty.
And everyday life is often more engaging than classroom experience.
And that's one of the reasons.
So although some of the early work that we've been doing was about factual recall, there's no reason why this can't be used with other types of learning.
And there's certainly no reason why you shouldn't use it with Shakespeare.
Yeah, I mean, there's at least two areas of hype.
I think there's an area of hype which is associated with neuroscience itself.
We know that neuroscience is a very alluring topic and that if you put in something about the brain in an explanation, it can make it more attractive and satisfying.
I think also there is a common myth that the brain is fully constructed by the age of three.
And quite often neuroscience is used to promote this idea.
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