"Error Education: The Power of Mindful Mistakes in Learning"
A study from the University of Iowa reveals that the human brain can quickly differentiate between outcomes caused by human error and those that are not. The brain recognizes an error within one second and engages in a longer process to prevent future errors. This specialized error-awareness mechanism involves internal communication to avoid repeating mistakes. The research used EEGs to observe unique neural activity associated with human error, supporting the existence of a specialized error-detection system in the brain.