The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of the Growth Mindset
What happens in the brain when someone believes they can improve, why the neural response to error changes with mindset, and how Carol Dweck's psychological insight maps onto the biology of learning
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Carol Dweck's distinction between fixed and growth mindsets has become one of the most widely cited ideas in contemporary education and psychology. What is less widely understood is that the distinction has a neural basis. The brain of a person who believes ability is malleable responds differently to errors, processes feedback through different circuits, and sustains effortful learning for longer than the brain of a person who believes ability is fixed. This fully referenced article explores the neuroscience beneath the psychology, examines what neuroimaging has revealed about how mindset shapes the brain's response to challenge, and asks why a belief about learning changes the biology of the organ that does the learning.
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