Seeing Our Errors Keeps Us On Our Toes
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 15:00
in Psychology & Sociology
If people are unable to perceive their own errors as they complete a routine, simple task, their skill will decline over time, Johns Hopkins researchers have found -- but not for the reasons scientists assumed. The researchers report that the human brain does not passively forget our good techniques, but chooses to put aside what it has learned.