Mindful Metacognition: How One Word Can Spark A Thousand Stories | Tyler Boyle | TEDxCollingwood

Get to know the incredible, lightning-fast librarian in your brain. Experience the curious way our mind recalls thoughts, memories and emotions through an exercise in Mindful Metacognition. Tyler is 34-years-old, born in Meaford, Ontario currently living and teaching in Flesherton, ON. He is a teacher, artist, author, entrepreneur, dancer, entertainer, and founder of a core value and behaviour intervention program for elementary schools. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal QC and a Bachelor of Education from Western University, London, ON. He is the host of the local chapter of Dragon's Den and is the hype guy for The Canadian Cancer Society's annual 5k mud run. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@AlOfNorway]

What a great teacher. A quick way to demonstrate the cognitive processes initiated by words only.

[@RC-ey4gm]

Very powerful. And apparently only interesting to people who are insightful. Kudos to the insightful speaker and audience.

[@ChiefTugeye]

This dude was my 5th grade teacher

[@iikimida]

So lucky!! Happy to hear that

[@armellm4357]

Great talk! I learned a lot about my own personal Ethel!

[@innerlaz2273]

amazing

[@erminesvan]

this guy must be an INTP

[@esaugamez8885]

What about open focus??

[@VladyslavKL]

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[@virginistomato]

Hello! I Like nachos... And other chips i don't know why i said that this is a good ted talk what i said before was completely useless

[@MajorTrollerHAK]

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[@iikimida]

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[@FiYTB]

I DON'T GIVE A S###

[@zetaconvex1987]

WTF? "Mindful metacognition" just seems a fancy way of saying "word association". His whole talk seems like it could be summed up in one sentence: "word association exists." Hardly any kind of revelation.

[@notgate2624]

Tacking mindful on is a little redundant, but the word association is just an example for demonstrating metacognition. Metacognition is about being aware of your own thinking and how you process information, so word association is a good choice to use in front of an audience.