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Why the best learners talk to themselves | Tania Lombrozo

October 20, 2026

Elise Hu (0:03)

You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hu.

With tools like the Internet and AI at our fingertips, learning should be easier than ever, right? And yet cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo says it often isn't. In fact, she says that all the information we now have, almost instant access to, might actually be getting in the way.

Tania Lombrozo (0:28)

And more information can make learning harder rather than easier. We run the risk of information overwhelm.

Part of the problem is that we tend to approach learning by looking outside of ourselves for more information. But that can just exacerbate the overwhelm.

Elise Hu (0:48)

In her talk, Tania makes a counterintuitive case that the best place to start learning isn't on the web or in a search bar or a chat bot, but in your own head. She calls it learning by thinking, and it starts by explaining things to yourself out loud, the way a programmer might talk through a problem with a rubber…

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