Neuromyths: Why Do They Exist and Persist?

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Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction (2011, background): “Feedback can be used to enhance particular types of motor skill learning within certain practice conditions (Magill, 2009).”
Maybe they’re born with it, or maybe it’s experience: Toward a deeper understanding of the learning style myth. (2020, background): “However, prior work on lay beliefs about learning and the brain suggests that the general public lacks insight into the mechanisms that underlie learning (see Bjork, Dunlosky, & Kornell, 2013; Pasquinelli, 2012 for reviews).”
Neuromyths among Teachers and Student Teachers. (2015, unknown): “3 Although several publications stress the presence of neuromyths in the field of education (e.g., Ansari & Coch, 2006; Geake, 2008; Goswami, 2006; Lindell & Kidd, 2011; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002; Pasquinelli, 2012; Tardif & Doudin, 2011), few studies have sought t”