Brain – Soul Needs

Rules to Get Your Brain Working Better

The Seattle Times provides a very good review of John Medina’s latest book ‘Brain Rules’.

HERE ARE A FEW of John Medina’s “Brain Rules”: The human brain evolved, too. Our ability to solve problems, learn from mistakes and create alliances has been the key to our survival and how we took over the world.

Every brain is wired differently. And what you do and what happens to you actually rewires it.

Remember to repeat. Students should repeat and review what they learned 90 minutes to two hours later — and during school, not just at home.

Sleep well, think well. Taking a nap midafternoon can help make you more productive. One NASA study found pilots improved performance by a third after a nap of about 20 minutes.

Stressed brains don’t learn the same way. The brain is designed to combat short bouts of stress — getting chased by a sabertooth tiger — not long-term stress that comes from an unreasonable boss or a chaotic home life.

We are powerful and natural explorers. Medina says the basis of his book is curiosity. Watch how babies learn. They are hands-on as they explore, theorize, test and conclude. Some parts of adult brains are just as malleable as the infants’, so we can continue to create neurons and learn new things.

To see the excellent long article go HERE

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The Right Brain vs Left Brain test

Upon refklection I think this might be a joke to test gullibility – so be warned!

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test … do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

For the full article go HERE

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
“big picture” oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can “get it” (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking