Learning is really about actively working with the information/knowledge at hand, rather than passively consuming it (e.g. re-reading…
Thinking is determined associations between concepts. " Associations between concepts is thinking " - Anderson, Fast, 2020. And it shapes…
When we say that Understanding is shaped by all kinds of sensory information , it's not just having the information that creates…
Embodied cognition (or embodiment) is a view in cognitive science that says that body and mind are very much connected. That's in contrast…
There are two kinds of interactions: pragmatic: acting toward a desired goal) epistemic: acting toward understanding). Epistemic actions are…
Thinking cannot be only a purely internal mental process because of the limitations of the mind. External structures (like Zettelkasten…
There are many principles from gestalt psychology that explain how people visually perceive relationships between objects. Similarity…
We don't think, then act. We think by doing. Physical movement helps us to think. Interacting with the world around us the same, even more…
Learning requires understanding. And understanding requires exploring the meaning of something and putting it to context. This is…
Metaphors work great for simple concepts. E.g. illustrating a relationship between two objects by the thickness of the connecting line. The…
(Using a metaphor to describe a concept of metaphors, very meta.) Metaphors can greatly help with creating understanding because…
How we arrange/place/sort objects in space, reveals our understanding (internal representation, "mental model") of a given concept. This is…
Any given metaphor/analogy/lens/perspective only trigger a certain, limited set of associations. It can be still useful, but using only one…
Pre-attentive visual properties of objects are processed in our brain before we can consciously think about them. This usually happens in…
Stories grab our attention more than facts . (characters in stories grab the attention more than anything) They can influence our attitudes…
Anderson and Fast argue in their book that "understanding is a function of brain, body and environment". We don't think exclusively in the…
Our brains are pattern-recognition machines. And we know that Associations between concepts is thinking . Associations are triggered by…
We use all kinds of sensory information (from vision through hearing to tactile) to learn and understand. Understanding is based on the…
Access and consumption of information doesn't immediately lead to understanding. We must work with the information to create understanding…
Vision dominates between people's senses. We register the most information through vision (orders of magnitude more than other senses…
"Objects Placed into Territories" is a universal pattern behind pretty much all visual models. This framework gives us the language to talk…
People are naturally good at sorting physical things (e.g. organising clothes into piles). But they struggle with abstract concepts. We can…
How something is represented visually will influence what concepts we associate with it (e.g. thin vs. thick lines suggesting relationship…
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