First posted November, 2012 by Peter Frampton.
I've for a long time scoffed at the 10% of your brain statistic that people trot out. It's clearly nonsense, because for one, how would anyone measure that. And what would it mean? We hardly understand how the brain works so how could anyone authoritatively pronounce on this. And wouldn't the 90% die if it wasn't being used?!
An article in the Wall Street Journal asks which of these three statements are false:
1. We use only 10% of our brain.
2. Environments rich in stimuli improve the brains of preschool children.
3. Individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style, whether auditory, visual or kinesthetic.
Turns out there's evidence to show that they're all not true.
...one study, students were randomly assigned to memorize a set of objects presented either verbally (as names) or visually (as pictures). Overall, visual presentation led to better memory, but there was no relationship between the learners' preferences and the instruction style. A study comparing "sensing" to "intuitive" learners among medical residents being taught new procedures reached a similar conclusion.
But note the exception! There is evidence to show that visual is better. We knew that!
Go Color Accounting, the visual way of explaining accounting.
An article in the Wall Street Journal asks which of these three statements are false:
1. We use only 10% of our brain.
2. Environments rich in stimuli improve the brains of preschool children.
3. Individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style, whether auditory, visual or kinesthetic.
Turns out there's evidence to show that they're all not true.
...one study, students were randomly assigned to memorize a set of objects presented either verbally (as names) or visually (as pictures). Overall, visual presentation led to better memory, but there was no relationship between the learners' preferences and the instruction style. A study comparing "sensing" to "intuitive" learners among medical residents being taught new procedures reached a similar conclusion.
But note the exception! There is evidence to show that visual is better. We knew that!
Go Color Accounting, the visual way of explaining accounting.
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