How We Learn
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How We Learn is a popular science book by cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene that explains the brain mechanisms underlying learning and how they can inform more effective education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| How We Learn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11179236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How We Learn Context triple: [Stanislas Dehaene, notableWork, How We Learn]
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A.
It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts
"It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts" is a book by legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver reflecting on his baseball strategies, experiences, and philosophy of the game.
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B.
The Learners
"The Learners" is a novel by renowned graphic designer and author Chip Kidd that continues the story from his debut book "The Cheese Monkeys," following a young art student navigating the world of graphic design and advertising in the early 1960s.
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C.
The Unschooled Mind
The Unschooled Mind is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that explores why traditional education often fails to transform students’ intuitive, everyday understandings into deep, flexible conceptual knowledge.
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D.
How We Think
How We Think is a foundational philosophical and educational work by John Dewey that analyzes the nature of reflective thought and its role in effective learning and problem-solving.
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E.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How We Learn Target entity description: How We Learn is a popular science book by cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene that explains the brain mechanisms underlying learning and how they can inform more effective education.
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A.
It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts
"It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts" is a book by legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver reflecting on his baseball strategies, experiences, and philosophy of the game.
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B.
The Learners
"The Learners" is a novel by renowned graphic designer and author Chip Kidd that continues the story from his debut book "The Cheese Monkeys," following a young art student navigating the world of graphic design and advertising in the early 1960s.
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C.
The Unschooled Mind
The Unschooled Mind is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that explores why traditional education often fails to transform students’ intuitive, everyday understandings into deep, flexible conceptual knowledge.
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D.
How We Think
How We Think is a foundational philosophical and educational work by John Dewey that analyzes the nature of reflective thought and its role in effective learning and problem-solving.
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E.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
bridge neuroscience and education
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improve educational practice ⓘ make learning more efficient ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
assessment practices
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classroom teaching ⓘ curriculum design ⓘ education ⓘ |
| author | Stanislas Dehaene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
learning styles myth
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purely intuitive teaching methods ⓘ rote memorization without understanding ⓘ |
| explains |
brain mechanisms underlying learning
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conscious and unconscious learning processes ⓘ neural plasticity ⓘ prediction error in learning ⓘ role of attention in learning ⓘ role of prior knowledge in learning ⓘ role of reward in learning ⓘ role of sleep in learning ⓘ role of working memory in learning ⓘ statistical learning ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive neuroscience
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educational psychology ⓘ popular science ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | cognitive neuroscientist ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
importance of active engagement in learning
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importance of errors and feedback in learning ⓘ importance of sleep for memory consolidation ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
cognitive neuroscience perspective on learning
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evidence-based education ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educational policymakers
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general readers interested in learning ⓘ parents ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
brain
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cognitive neuroscience of learning ⓘ education ⓘ learning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| proposes |
adaptive learning
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evidence-based teaching methods ⓘ feedback-based learning ⓘ retrieval practice ⓘ spaced practice ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Reading in the Brain
NERFINISHED
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The Number Sense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: How We Learn Description of subject: How We Learn is a popular science book by cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene that explains the brain mechanisms underlying learning and how they can inform more effective education.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.