Have you heard of the field of translational medicine? I've found it a tremendously helpful analogy for my own work. The field focuses specifically on trying to turn basic science discoveries into possible paths for clinical application. This is a useful idea in many fields! 1/5
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One key insight: this translation is *foundationally* interdisciplinary. With increasing specialization, it's often true that neither the relevant scientists nor the relevant clinicians/bioengineers can see a path to application on their own. They can only see together. 2/5
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Translation suggests unidirectionality. Indeed, the field used to frame itself as "bench-to-bedside," suggesting that the bench produces ideas which the bedside consumes. But they later abandoned that framing, realizing it's a loop: contact with application informs the bench. 3/5pic.twitter.com/zhaeHYEnwV
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I love that the field recognizes two distinct barriers: 1) translating basic science into possible drugs, diagnoses, etc; 2) translating clinical research into everyday practice. These are very different problems, and both must be solved to benefit patients. 4/5pic.twitter.com/R4PBzZ2aBd
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I think lots of fields could use some "translational medicine"! As for my own work: I believe there are many powerful ideas in cognitive science desperately waiting for the same seeing-together insights, bench-to-bedside feedback loops, and concern for everyday practice. 5/5
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What are some other powerful ideas in cogsci that you'd like to see translated into everyday use? (other than Spaced Repetition, which, again, congrats on the ambitious QC project!)
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A few themes that come to mind: deliberate practice, self-explanation, collaborative learning, emotional salience, tutoring, metacognition (big umbrella), flow, experiential learning (& embodied learning specifically), extended cognition, the spacing effect outside memorization…
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...16 hours later... i'm still plowing through the reading that has arisen from this one tweet......
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