Why the best learners talk to themselves | Tania Lombrozo
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Why the best learners talk to themselves | Tania Lombrozo

B1IntermediateOctober 20, 202618 min
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  • Relationships & psychology

With more information at our fingertips than ever before, learning should be getting easier ... yet the opposite seems to be true, says cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo. Drawing on her research into how our minds understand and reason, she explores why more information can actually make learning harder — and shares the critical skill all great learners possess. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hugh. With tools like the internet and AI at our fingertips, learning should be easier than

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ever, right? And yet cognitive scientist Tanya Lombroso says it often isn't. In fact, she says that all the information we now have, almost instant access to, might actually be getting in the way.

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And more information can make learning harder rather than easier. We run the risk of information overwhelmed. Part of the problem is that we tend to approach learning by looking outside of ourselves for more information.

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