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Pedro de Bruyckere

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How our brain predicts the future while listening to music

This study on our brain’s ‘prediction machine’ capabilities is both fascinating and fun. Ok, maybe I’m biased because it is about music. But bear with me as to whether listening to a concerto by Bach or the latest pop tunes on Spotify, the human brain does not wait passively for the song to unfold. Instead,… Read More How our brain predicts the future while listening to music

September 9, 2021 PedroLeave a comment

Funny on Sunday: NY, London, Paris, Munich…

August 15, 2021August 14, 2021 PedroLeave a comment

One of education’s fascinating dirty little secrets

It must have been 2012 when I first read Rousseau en ik (Rousseau and me) by Dutch philosopher Maarten Doorman. While it’s impossible to underestimate Jean Jacques Rousseau’s influence on our thinking about education and raising our children, I discovered that he was instead a jack of all trades but master of none. And then… Read More One of education’s fascinating dirty little secrets

February 24, 2021 PedroLeave a comment

Funny on Sunday: Death Metal Triangle Player

December 27, 2020December 24, 2020 PedroLeave a comment

Funny on Sunday: Mozart as a Child and as a Danish composer…

Two for the price of one… Earlier this week I found this cartoon: And yesterday I showed one of our sons the great Victor Borge also about Mozart:

September 13, 2020September 12, 2020 PedroLeave a comment

Funny on Sunday: when you just want to play guitar, but…

H/T Jurgen Surinx

September 6, 2020September 5, 2020 PedroLeave a comment

Dave Grohl: In Defense of Our Teachers

To good not to share even while taking a break!

July 25, 2020 PedroLeave a comment

And now for something completely different (no really)…

Some of you know that I’m also a musician and music producer. Besides my own band, I produce also other artists. Last year I had a hit in Belgium with a song by Augustijn and this week a new single has been released of his upcoming second album. There is one catch… Augustijn sings in… Read More And now for something completely different (no really)…

March 10, 2020 PedroLeave a comment

Funny on Sunday: Are you Meat Loaf?

H/T Daithi Rua

December 15, 2019December 8, 2019 PedroLeave a comment

Funny on Sunday: Rolling Stone vs The Beetles

H/T Bart Buls

December 8, 2019 PedroLeave a comment

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This is the blog of Pedro De Bruyckere (1974), an educational scientist. He co-wrote different books in which he debunks popular myths on GenY, GenZ, education and pop culture. Pedro is an often asked public speaker, one of his strongest points is that he is funny in explaining serious stuff.

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