the (forgotten) ancestry of reinforcement learning, part 1 skinner, hebb, and what lies within

latest post: the (forgotten) ancestry of reinforcement learning: skinner, hebb, and what lies within

Some thoughts on why the originator of reinforcement learning is overlooked today...

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would love to hear people’s views on this!

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Learning Styles, Preferences, or Strategies? An Explanation for the Resurgence of Styles Across Many Meta-analyses - Educational Psychology Review The persistence of learning styles as a concept in educational discourse and research is paradoxical, given the overwhelming evidence discrediting the matching hypothesis, the notion that aligning tea...

Once more, for those at the back: learning styles DO NOT EXIST. They are not a thing.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read this instead: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
#psychskyence #education #learning #teaching

Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds eBook : O'Mara, Shane: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk/Praise-Talki...

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Power dynamics of ultra-personalised leadership styles Presidential neo-feudalism makes a comeback

Deeper analysis through a psych/neuro lens at:
www.brainpizza.com/p/power-dyna...
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Evaluating the role of Trust and Numeracy in Information Evaluation Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Here's a survey on trust and numeracy that will only take a few moments to complete to help a student out - please do so - and forward to anyone who might be interested!
#psychskyence #trust #numeracy #polling #datacollection

eu.surveymonkey.com/r/TrustandNu...

Predictions about the future of neurogrifters and neuro-nonsense You've been warned!

2nd last post of 2024:
the future of neurogrifters and neuro-nonsense (also is a guide for the #unethical looking for fraudulent #start-up ideas)
www.brainpizza.com/p/prediction...
#neurogrifters #neurononsense #neuroastrology #brainpizza #neurobranding #scams #psychskyence #neuroskyence

& another (from #economics):
Opportunity Cost

Concept: Every #decision involves #trade-offs. Choosing one option means forgoing another.

Advice: When deciding, ask: 'What am I giving up. choosing this?' Or 'what are my alternatives?'

#choices #cognition #psychskyence #cognitivebias

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@samuelhewitt.bsky.social @julielasselin.bsky.social

Warm welcome and congrats on the launch!

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Really nice summary. I recommend to all.

#neuroskyence #psychskyence #complexity 🧪

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