Cognitive Flexibility, Arctic Dinosaurs, Noctilucent Clouds
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Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Learn about how cognitive flexibility helps you learn; why dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded; and noctilucent clouds.
A high IQ might mean you're smart, but high "cognitive flexibility" means you can learn by Grant Currin
- Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, & Leong, V. (2021, June 23). IQ tests can’t measure it, but “cognitive flexibility” is key to learning and creativity. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/iq-tests-cant-measure-it-but-cognitive-flexibility-is-key-to-learning-and-creativity-163284
- 3 Ways to Improve Your Cognitive Flexibility. (2019). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wild-connections/201912/3-ways-improve-your-cognitive-flexibility
- Dajani, D. R., & Uddin, L. Q. (2015). Demystifying cognitive flexibility: Implications for clinical and developmental neuroscience. Trends in Neurosciences, 38(9), 571–578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.07.003
At least 7 species of dinosaur lived and nested in the Arctic, which suggests the existence of warm-blooded dinosaurs by Cameron Duke
- Druckenmiller, P. S., Erickson, G. M., Brinkman, D., Brown, C. M., & Eberle, J. J. (2021). Nesting at extreme polar latitudes by non-avian dinosaurs. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.041
- Multiple dinosaur species not only lived in the Arctic, they also nested there. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/cp-mds061721.php
Rare, glowing noctilucent clouds are appearing more frequently by Briana Brownell
- Q13 FOX. (2021, June 17). Night shining “noctilucent” clouds make mesmerizing appearance over Seattle. Q13 FOX; Q13 FOX. https://www.q13fox.com/weather/night-shining-noctilucent-clouds-make-mesmerizing-appearance-over-seattle
- Mortillaro, N. (2021, June 19). Keep an eye out for rare electric-blue noctilucent clouds in the northern sky. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/noctilucent-clouds-northern-sky-1.6069959
- Rare glowing cloud phenomenon captured in timelapse ok UK’s night sky. (2021, June 17). Msn.com. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/rare-glowing-cloud-phenomenon-captured-in-timelapse-ok-uks-night-sky/vi-AAL8F2Q
- Spaceweather.com Time Machine. (2021). Spaceweather.com. https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=17&month=06&year=2021
- Umair Irfan. (2021, May 19). Why eerie, glowing noctilucent clouds are showing up more often. Vox; Vox. https://www.vox.com/22420935/glowing-cloud-noctilucent-mystery-unexplainable-podcast-climate
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:08.0 | Today you learn about why cognitive flexibility can help you roll with the punches, dinosaurs that lived and |
| 0:14.2 | nested in the cold of the Arctic, and why rare glowing nach-delucent clouds are |
| 0:19.4 | appearing more often these days. |
| 0:21.1 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. The pandemic affected people's lives in a |
| 0:26.7 | lot of different ways, but at least one thing is true for everyone. Things changed. |
| 0:31.8 | Well it turns out that humans have a special skill that helps us adapt to new circumstances. |
| 0:38.0 | It's called cognitive flexibility, and researchers have recently made some progress in understanding what it is and how to get better at it |
| 0:47.6 | cognitive flexibility is what lets a person change what they're doing to fit in new situation. |
| 0:54.2 | The COVID-19 lockdowns required heaps of cognitive flexibility, |
| 0:59.3 | but it's a big factor in everyday life too. |
| 1:02.2 | You need it for some extremely common challenges from |
| 1:05.4 | changing from one task to another to dealing with something unexpected in your day. |
| 1:11.3 | Psychologists still have a lot of questions about just what the skill is, |
| 1:15.0 | but they've figured out that it's made up of specific abilities. |
| 1:20.0 | Those include things like identifying relevant details, controlling your attention, and using your working memory. |
| 1:28.6 | But here's the thing. Some people are better at it than others. |
| 1:33.0 | That matters because people with greater cognitive flexibility |
| 1:37.0 | tend to have, well, better lives in a lot of ways. |
| 1:41.0 | They're better readers during childhood. They're more resilient to stress and |
| 1:46.2 | more creative as adults. And in old age, they have a higher quality of life. |
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