Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded) (eBook)

12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

John Medina (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | Second Edition
304 Seiten
Pear Press (Verlag)
978-0-9960326-0-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Most of us have no idea whats really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should knowlike the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best.How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forgetand so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have different brains?In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rulewhat scientists know for sure about how our brains workand then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives.Medinas fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science. Youll learn why Michael Jordan was no good at baseball. Youll peer over a surgeons shoulder as he proves that most of us have a Jennifer Aniston neuron. Youll meet a boy who has an amazing memory for music but cant tie his own shoes.You will discover how:Every brain is wired differentlyExercise improves cognitionWe are designed to never stop learning and exploringMemories are volatileSleep is powerfully linked with the ability to learnVision trumps all of the other sensesStress changes the way we learnIn the end, youll understand how your brain really worksand how to get the most out of it.

Autor

John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist and research consultant. He is an affiliate professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He was the founding director of two brain research institutes: the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research, at Seattle Pacific University, and the Talaris Research Institute, a nonprofit organization originally focused on how infants encode and process information. Medina lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two boys.

Inhalt

survivalThe human brain evolved, too.exerciseExercise boosts brain power.sleepSleep well, think well.stressStressed brains don’t learn the same way.wiringEvery brain is wired differently.attentionWe don’t pay attention to boring things.memoryRepeat to remember.sensory integrationStimulate more of the senses.visionVision trumps all other senses.musicStudy or listen to boost cognition.genderMale and female brains are different.explorationWe are powerful and natural explorers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 0-9960326-0-6 / 0996032606
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9960326-0-5 / 9780996032605