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Annie Murphy Paul
Personal blog · anniemurphypaul.comscience
Annie Murphy Paul's personal blog at anniemurphypaul.com covers science. Since 2012, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Annie Murphy Paul's posts in threads on workplace sitting and standing, the ten-percent-of-the-brain myth, and learning styles. Comments mostly cite or quote the posts rather than judge them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The Extended Mind The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains-in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships Order Now Learn More About The Extended Mind “Use your head.” That’s what we tell ourselves when faci
What Hacker News says?
Any modern conversation of workplace ergonomics is incomplete without mention of biomechanist Katy Bowman, whose "Move Your DNA"[0] is an indispensable read for anyone maintaining a physical body. As best I can interpret it, her ultimate conclusion is to hold no position for too long , and introduce novel movement into every activity (rather than, specifically, relegating "healthy" movement to an "exercise" period,…
Comment linking /books/the-extended-mind/
on “Sitting and standing at work (2015)”Submitted Practice Frees Your Mind as a story · 15 points
HN discussion> There is no "human" who "uses the brain", the brain is the human, or rather the human is in the brain. Much of the human is said to be outside of the brain; many neurons, even, live outside the brain, and much "thinking" is done, for example, by gut neurons in concert with microbes with whom they're constantly exchanging chemical signals. So, in a sense, the human is in the gut, and the human is in the microbes. T…
Comment linking /books/the-extended-mind/
on “Ten Percent of the Brain Myth”Submitted Finally, Education Technology based on real research as a story · 10 points
HN discussionThe multiple learning styles theory has been largely debunked. https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/edu-a0037478.pdf http://www.wired.com/2015/01/need-know-learning-styles-myth-... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2014/04... http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12/the-myth-of-learn... http://psi.sagepub.com/content/9/3/105.abstract and I particularly like the concluding paragraph of this…
Comment linking /2013/10/forget-about-learning-styles-heres-something-better/
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HN discussionSubmitted You Can't Capture Learning With a Camera as a story · 1 points
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