Brain Rules

12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school

John Medina

ISBN

9780979777745

Pages

308

Published By

Pear Press

Published On

2009

Subjects

Self-Improvement, Nonfiction, Psychology, Neurosciences, Learning, Brain, Cognition, Memory, Popular works, Physiology, Human information processing, Perception, Senses and sensation, Theory of Knowledge

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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—such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at 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 forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have different brains?In Brain Rules, molecular biologist John Medina sh...

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