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Category: learning

The Slide is an Oppressive Toy

August 29, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ Leave a comment

The design of playground toys influences how we interact with them. Some toys stimulate exploration whereas others do not. Click to read why that matters.

How to coach: 5 tips

August 21, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ 3 Comments

Do you want to coach someone? Click to read 5 tips on how to use reward and punishment!

Could logical reasoning improve your skateboarding?

August 14, 2017August 29, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ Leave a comment

Some smart people are very bad at learning new movements. For instance a skate board trick or a salsa move. Does logical reasoning contribute to learning new movements at all? Click to find out.

Thoughtless exploration

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ Leave a comment

When you repeatedly fail, you need to change something in your behavior. In other words, you need to explore. But what do you do when you no longer know what to change? Here you read how your brain cells can explore by themselves.

your Personality is a Broth

August 1, 2017August 1, 2017 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ 1 Comment

Vision science shows that experiences leave traces in your brain. Read on to find out why I therefore call your personality a broth. An inspirational summer blog.

Why reward may be your digital sugar

July 15, 2017March 8, 2018 ~ Katinka van der Kooij ~ Leave a comment

Being rewarded feels good but how does it affect your learning? In an experiment, we showed that although children and adults like a task better when they are rewarded more often, they learn less when being rewarded more often.

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