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by Fernette Eide | Sep 21, 2016 | Being Dyslexic, Careers, Dyslexic Advantage Magazine, Famous People with Dyslexia, Military, Neurodiversity, Premium, Premium Content
"I have herd aversion to the point it's ridiculous." - Vince Flynn In our earliest interviews with adult dyslexics in research for our book, a recurring theme of "herd aversion" emerged. Herd aversion or tendency to avoid group think - seems to be a common feature...
by Fernette Eide | Jan 13, 2016 | Being Dyslexic, College, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Research
Are you a good multi-tasker? If you answered ‘yes’, scientists at Stanford might disagree with you. When students from Stanford participated in a multitasking experiment with color bars, those who multitasked with more media had more trouble ignoring irrelevant stimuli. Multi-Tasking Has Its Costs From the report: “Heavy Media Multitaskers have greater difficulty filtering […]
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