
The Science of Learning with Heather Berlin
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Learning Through Humor
When you're learning, if things are tied to motion, they sort of get ingrained into your neural network in a different kind of way. And usually when there's an emotion involved that tells the brain, Hey, this is something pretty important. You should remember it. Studies show that if it's inappropriate, humor, or maybe just not that funny, it doesn't work as well for learning.
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