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How Cognitive Science Can Improve Your PowerPoint Presentations

Harvard cognitive scientist Stephen M. Kosslyn, who studies how brains process images, wants to improve the world with his cutting-edge research. And he's starting with four ways to make your PowerPoint presentations more human brain-compliant. This morning at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston, Kosslyn spoke in a symposium devoted the visualization of data, explaining how breakthroughs in cognitive science have revealed the best way to present information in the PowerPoint format. It was one of the most interesting examples of applied science I've ever seen. More »

10:20 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Annalee Newitz
30,070 views, 26 comments

Latest by null: Comment on How Cognitive Science Can Improve Your PowerPoint Presentations I'd like to address some of the visibility issues brought up. I go back to the days of using 35mm slides (and before). The best rule for those was more »