10.10.23 - Daphne Bavelier

A vexing issue in the field of learning is that, while we understand how to promote superior performance through practice, the resulting behavioral enhancement rarely extends beyond the practiced task. Such learning specificity is a major limitation for effective interventions, whether educational or clinical ones. Here we will consider lessons from play behavior - and in particular action video game play - as to how one can train learning to learn, or the ability to gracefully adapt to new tasks, for the better.