Make the most of your mistakes:

Are errors evidence of mental limitations or portals of discovery?

In 2017, researchers at University of Kansas set out to study the brain’s response to errors. A group of volunteers played a game that was rigged to elicit mistakes; the players had NO path to victory. Afterwards, the volunteers were divided into two subsets:

Group A 

“Don’t feel bad about your performance. You did your best.” The researchers rehashed the…