Mind Reading Data Sets Coming Soon to Classrooms? The Onion Glimpses the Future & it Might Not be Parody.
Mind reading ability might be the next data gathered on school children. From Kids who ‘mind read’ tend to learn more effectively:
Everyone mind reads to some degree, using intuition and context clues to empathize with and interpret the thoughts, words and actions of others.Young children do this too. And according to a new study, those that do it best tend to be better selective learners.In an experiment conducted by researchers from Concordia University and the University of Ottawa, children with better mind-reading abilities were more likely to absorb information from trustworthy figures and disregard info offered by those who were less trustworthy.“We already know that some preschoolers are more likely to learn from individuals with a history of making accurate claims over individuals who have been inaccurate or ignorant,” senior study author Diane Poulin-Dubois, a psychology professor at Concordia and researcher with the university’s Center for Research in Human Development, explained in a press release. (MEW note: this ‘press release’ link is broken and information on the Concordia study may be found here.)…Researchers say their study shows children with better mind-reading or intuition and empathy skills areMind Reading Data Sets Coming Soon to Classrooms? The Onion Glimpses the Future & it Might Not be Parody. » Missouri Education Watchdog:
