Inventing while you work: Knowledge, non-R&D learning and innovation

Cortical plasticity: Learning while you sleep?

Sleep has been suggested to facilitate memory consolidation or learning, but there has been little direct evidence of a link between synaptic plasticity and sleep. A recent study suggests a role for sleep in the plastic changes that the visual cortex undergoes in response to occlusion of one eye early in life.

Non-formal learning and tacit knowledge in professional work.

BACKGROUND This paper explores the conceptual and methodological problems arising from several empirical investigations of professional education and learning in the workplace. AIMS 1. To clarify the multiple meanings accorded to terms such as 'non-formal learning', 'implicit learning' and 'tacit knowledge', their theoretical assumptions and the range of phenomena to which they refer. 2. To d...

Learning and Memory: While You Rest, Your Brain Keeps Working

A recent study shows that brain activity recorded while the human subject is at 'rest' is significantly affected by a prior learning episode. These results suggest that understanding resting brain activity may be critical to understanding how humans learn from experience.

What makes you work while you are sick? Evidence from a survey of workers.

BACKGROUND Sickness absenteeism has been a focus of the EU Labour Force Surveys since the early 1970s. In contrast, sickness presenteeism is a newcomer. Based on surveys, this concept emerged in the empirical literature as late as the 1990s. Knowledge of the determinants of sickness presenteeism is still relatively sparse. METHODS The article examines the prevalence of sickness presenteeism i...

Learn While You Sleep