Sunday, October 18, 2009

Brain Rules - interesting book...

...that I haven't actually read yet, but hope to soon.


See http://www.brainrules.net/

or

the NPR show Parents' Journal, where I first heard of it:

http://www.parentsjournal.com/radioshow

Here's a quick summary from the Brain Rules website:

The brain is an amazing thing. Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know.

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 forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge?

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