“If educators were to take a class in neuroscience that did not specifically address neuromyths, it would be unlikely to help with dispelling the misconceptions that are most closely related to learning and education.”
The battle against neuromyths is far from over. In a recent large-scale survey involving five academic institutions across the U.S., researchers found that most of us still believe long-debunked myths such as the left-brained/right-brained paradigm and learning styles theory. What’s more troubling is that having a background in neuroscience doesn’t appear to reduce these beliefs by a significant margin.