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'Learning' part 2 - Stimulating learning

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Can a little electrical stimulation help people learn quicker? And how would technology that does this be used? And why would you want to use this over medicines?
Professor Roi Cohen Kadosh describes a phenomena that they've noticed where giving people a little electrical stimulation to the scalp appears to help people learn things quicker; and rather than using this to make super-geniuses, could this be used to help people with learning difficulties? Roi discusses how it might work, and discussed the moral and ethical implications of such a technology.

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Roi Cohen Kadosh
Keywords
biology
psychology
neuroscience
cognitive science
learning
electricity
Medicine
learning difficulties
technology
education
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 13/05/2016
Duration: 00:11:52

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