Posts Tagged ‘learn’
Eight Tips To Understand and Remember What You Read — Especially As You Read Nonfiction
___ Despite Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and television, (or perhaps precisely because of all of them) traditional reading is still an important skill. Whether it is magazines, professional manuals or fascinating books, people still need to read, now and in years ahead. And much of it is nonfiction material, where it’s important to really understand…
Read More“I am excited”: Making Stress Work for You, Instead of Against You
— How much stress is good for you? In 1908, Robert Mearns Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson designed an experiment that would begin to tackle the question, “How much stress is good for you?” The researchers tracked mice to see how stress would affect their ability to learn. Simple—yet painful, because how do you stress out mice?
Read MoreTop 10 SharpBrains Resources in 2015 to Navigate the Brain Health Revolution
These are the 10 most popular SharpBrains resources in 2015, spanning a wide range of brain, health & neurotechnology topics and available in multiple platforms: 1. Best practices to assess and enhance brain function via mobile devices and wearables (Slidedeck) 2. Brain Health in the Pervasive Neurotechnology Era (Slidedeck) 3. SharpBrains @ New York Public Library: Practical Advice to Keep Your Brain…
Read MorePresentation: How does a child’s brain learn?
How Does a Child’s Brain Learn? from SharpBrains
Read MoreTranscendental Meditation and Working Memory Training To Enhance Executive Functions
New study shows Transcendental Meditation improves brain functioning in ADHD students (press release): — “Prior research shows ADHD children have slower brain development and a reduced ability to cope with stress,” said Dr. Stixrud. “Virtually everyone finds it difficult to pay attention, organize themselves and get things done when they’re under stress,” he explained. “Stress…
Read MoreEight Tips To Remember What You Read
Reading improves cognitive ability. Here are eight tips which will enhance your reading ability.
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