Consolidation is the process by which short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories... Physiologically, this process is accomplished by rearranging and modifying the electro-chemical connections in your brain. Feeding this process requires focused attention on what you want to learn, repeated exposure, and time for your brain to change. Here some very important insights regarding … Continue reading How Your Brain Works: Consolidation
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How Your Brain Works: The Power of Attention
Attention is perhaps the least appreciated aspect of intentional learning... In short, we consciously learn what we pay attention to. The corollary is that we do not consciously learn what we don't pay attention to. When we are not paying attention, we are extremely vulnerable to learning certain things unconsciously. When we are not paying … Continue reading How Your Brain Works: The Power of Attention
How Your Brain Works: The Power of Studying
If you want to master something, you can't just passively expose yourself to it and hope that it magically seeps in somehow... If you really want to get good at something, you have to study it. The problem is that Studying takes effort. And that's why studying is so rare. But studying also has enormous … Continue reading How Your Brain Works: The Power of Studying