BRAIN RULES: Highlights

EXERCISE

• Movement gets blood to the brain
• Glucose in the blood provides energy
• Protein allows neurons to connect

SURVIVAL

• Humans have evolved physically over time, adapting to new environments
• The human brain evolved, too, resulting in reasoning skills

WIRING

• No two brains are wired alike
• We learn differently
• We demonstrate learning differently

ATTENTION

• People learn by creating emotional connections to the topics and tasks

SHORT-TERM MEMORY

• Repeat to remember
• We improve chances of remembering by recreating the environment wherein we first input the information

LONG-TERM MEMORY

• Remember to repeat
• Integrate new knowledge gradually
• Repeat it in timed intervals