Scientists have discovered that individuals who are particularly good at learning patterns and sequences tend to struggle with tasks requiring active thinking and decision-making.
Scientists have discovered that individuals who are particularly good at learning patterns and sequences tend to struggle with tasks requiring active thinking and decision-making.
www.psypost.org Scientists uncover a surprising conflict between important cognitive abilities
New research published in npj Science of Learning reveals a surprising competitive relationship between implicit statistical learning and executive functions, suggesting that excelling in one may diminish capabilities in the other.
Knowing what you are good at helps mitigate the other stuff. :)
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No shit?
I'm fairly sure every teacher, ever, could tell you this.
Working in a couple technical fields over the years, there's the people who do things by rote, and those that figure things out.
Neat to see a research basis though.