1
$\begingroup$

I think it is good for math students to have a cognitive psychology course. Foreign languages are often required. If a student knows how his mind works he would use it more efficiently. Insight, for example, occurs after a burst of gamma waves followed by alpha waves. In layman terms this means that a person stuck on a math problem usually gets an aha moment when he is relaxing. Opinions?

Edit. For example, I see many students now live-TeXing notes. That is a very inefficient way of learning.

  • 3
    This is certainly not a math question. I would close this as off-topic.2012-11-05
  • 2
    Plenty of mathematicians are quite successful without any self-awareness at all. Clearly not a requirement for the job. :)2012-11-05
  • 7
    In the same vein one could ask why there are usually no courses on making good coffee or indian food...2012-11-05
  • 1
    @ThomasAndrews: But they would do better if they were are of it.2012-11-05
  • 1
    Sorry, but I see no evidence of that. That's purely assertion. Quite a few of the most highly functioning adults are people who have no understanding of congnition. Can you give us any study that indicates that studying cognition improves their functioning?2012-11-05
  • 1
    Everyone should learn about cognitive psychology, but this doesn't make it on-topic. Your claim about gamma and alpha waves is not very convincing.2012-11-05
  • 1
    Note, you are also not really intending this as a question, but rather making a suggesting and attempting to start a debate. That is not the intent of this site.2012-11-05
  • 0
    I think the opposite is more relevant: why so many [not just cognitive] psychologists can't handle anything more sophisticated than a TV program2012-11-06

2 Answers 2