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People who believe they can get better with effort react more strongly in the brain the moment they make a mistake, and they get more answers right on the next try. A Michigan State University study recorded this with caps that pick up brain waves. Jason Moser's team asked students what they believed about intelligence. Some believed ability grows with effort, which psychologists call a growth mindset, while others believed you're either smart or you're not. Then the students did a fast task designed to trip them up, while the researchers recorded their brain waves. The study appeared in Psychological Science in 2011. Right after a mistake, the brain gives off a burst of activity that shows it noticed the error and is paying attention to it. Students with a growth mindset had a bigger burst, and they were more accurate on the very next try. That burst explained why growth-minded students bounced back: their brains paid closer attention to the mistake. Swapping "I'm bad at this" for "this is new for me" fits right here, since the second phrase treats a mistake as something worth learning from. School programs that teach growth mindset have had only small effects on grades overall, according to a 2018 review. After a mistake in this study, though, the students who paid closer attention to it made fewer errors next time.