Abstract
Training is needed to exercise our most important organ: the brain, exploit its full potential and sustain it for our later years. Does a gap exist in our capacity for learning, a gap between what our brain could potentially achieve and what we are currently prepared to accept? The ‘prototype’ follows an ambitious undergraduate Computer Science student as he gets drawn into psychophysiological experiments that explore brain-training, involving image recognition, cognition, subliminal delivery, and imagined movement. Such technology has great potential for promoting and assessing learning and possibly exploring under performance or dysfunctional learning. However, as with all technology that enhances the human, there is potential for unintended use that we should be mindful of.
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This step takes us beyond the current state-of-the-art, into the realms of sci-fi prototype.
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Two controversial videos, “Blackstar” and “Lazarus” were recorded as Bowie contemplated his final act, whilst battling liver cancer.
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Yeats referred to Michael Angelo [misspelt] in his poem, Under Ben Bulben.
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'Mind the gap' is an audible warning provided on London’s tube network and railway stations. Announcer Phil Sayer died in April 2016, aged 62.
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The Krypton Factor was a ‘serious’ game show in the UK which pitted contestants in physical and mental challenges.
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Mastermind is the regarded as one of the more demanding television quizzes, usually for the more esoteric and intellectual.
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X-Factor is an entertainment show requiring considerably less intellectual ability, but possibly a modicum of singing talent.
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McCullagh, P. (2016). Mind, the Gap. In: Allison, C., Morgado, L., Pirker, J., Beck, D., Richter, J., Gütl, C. (eds) Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 621. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41769-1_8
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