Neuromyths and knowledge about intellectual giftedness in a highly educated multilingual country.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding brain functioning and intellectual giftedness can be challenging and give rise to various misconceptions. Nonetheless, there seems to be a widespread fascination and appetite for these subjects among the lay public and diverse professionals. The present study is the first to investigate general knowledge about the brain, neuromyths and knowledge about giftedness in a highly multilingual and educated country.

Methods

Starting from and extending two seminal studies on neuromyths, several novel statements on intellectual giftedness have been included in order to explore knowledge and misconceptions concerning giftedness. Our sample (N = 200) was composed of Luxembourgish education professionals, including students in educational science and cog

SUBMITTER: Schmitt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623439 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature