Myths
Memory
- Myth: Memory cannot be improved
- Myth: Memorization is not needed
- Myth: We always remember important things
- Myth: We never forget
- Myth: Memory is infinite
- Myth: Memory pills can assist learning
- Myth: Instead of knowledge, we only need an index to knowledge
- Myth: People forget at equal speeds
- Myth: Geniuses do not forget
- Myth: Short-term memory is the bottleneck of learning
- Myth: Photographic memory needs no spaced repetition
- Myth: Encoding variability theory of spacing effect
- 80 Myths of brain science
- More myths about memory and learning
Sleep
- Sleep: facts and myths
- Myth: Geniuses sleep little
- Myth: You can get more sleep by going to sleep earlier
- Myth: Long sleep is good for memory
- Myth: It is possible to plan learning in sleep
- Myth: Blue light increases alertness
Learning
- Myth: We should never memorize things
- Myth: Some people have no talent for learning languages
- Myth: Learning before sleep is best
- Myth: The more you review, the better you remember
- Myth: Learning by doing is best
- Myth: High retention results in slow learning
- Myth: Google makes memorization obsolete
- Myth: Computers slow down learning to read
- Myth: TV makes you stupid
- Myth: Evolution will help grow a better student brain
- Myth: Associationism is a poor model of mental processes
- Myth: Curiosity killed the cat
- Myth: Multiplication table weakens computing skills
- Myth: Fluency is more important than retention
- Myth: Review your material on the first day several times
- Myth: Alpha-waves are best for learning
Creativity
Genius
- Myth: If you miss childhood, your genius is lost!
- Myth: Gifted kids become genius adults
- Myth: If you do something stupid, so are you!
- Myth: Early to ripe, early to rot
- Myth: Mozart effect
- Myth: You need a degree
- Myth: We use only 0.1% of our brain power
- Myth: Geniuses do not forget
- Myth: Geniuses sleep little
- Myth: Genius can be evil
- Myth: Geniuses are a threat to humanity
- Myth: Dunning–Kruger effect is a scientific fact
Brain
- Myth: Our brains can get hacked by algorithms
- Myth: Optimists are less realistic
- Myth: Personalities come from the genes
- Myth: Artificial intelligence will never match human intelligence
- Neuromythology
School
- Myth: Students are naturally lazy and do not like to learn
- Myth: Rebellion against authority is a natural stage of teen development
- Myth: Schools are needed due to the slow evolution of human cognition
- Myth: Unschooling breeds conspiracy theories
- Myth: School prevents pseudoscientific thinking
- Myth: You can improve education by throwing more money in it
- Mythology that keeps the archaic school system alive
- Myth: Censorship effectively prevents radicalization
- Myth: You need a degree
Development
- Myth: Rebellion against authority is a natural stage of teen development
- Myth: Mozart effect
- Three myths of early brain development and early learning
- Myth: Early reading is essential for literacy
- Myth: Children need boundaries to develop healthy self-esteem
- Myth: Teens hate everything
Health
- Myth: We catch a cold from cold
- Myth: Daycare improves the immune system
- Myth: Smartphones cause ADHD
Media
SuperMemo
- Myth: SuperMemo is useless
- Myth: SuperMemo is hard to use
- Myth: You need to learn with SuperMemo every day
- Myth: SuperMemo will overwhelm you with work
- Myth: SuperMemo is expensive
- Myth: SuperMemo is a great tool for cramming
- Myth: SuperMemo does not make much difference for a genius mind
- Myth: SuperMemo repetitions waste too much time
- Myth: SuperMemo can only be used for learning languages
- Myth: In incremental reading, you spend seconds per article
- Myth: SuperMemo is so simple that it is not needed
- Myth: SuperMemo requires a computer