05032cam a2200481 4500 760987170 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 091128t20092008||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9789797777043 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 9797777049 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 9780979777783 097977778X c87c087f-3078-4300-ba03-ec1354615c37 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 239627 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)567812617 CCO eng CCO GPM E7B OCLCQ TEFOD MEAUC YDXCP MNU OCLCQ TXN TxAuBib Medina, John, 1956- Brain rules. Brain rules [Libby eBook] : 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school / John Medina. 1st Pear Press trade pbk. ed. Seattle, Wash : Pear Press, 2009. ©2008. 1 online resource (301 p.) : ill. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 661kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Includes bibliographical references and index. Exercise -- Rule #1. Exercise boosts brain power -- Our brains love motion -- The incredible test-score booster -- Will you age like Jim or like Frank? -- How oxygen builds roads for the brain -- Survival -- Rule #2. The human brain evolved, too. -- What's uniquely human about us -- A brilliant survival strategy -- Meet your brain -- How we conquered the world -- Wiring -- Rule #3. Every brain is wired differently -- Neurons slide, slither, and split -- Experience makes the difference -- Furious brain development not once, but twice -- The Jennifer Aniston neuron -- Attention -- Rule #4. We don't pay attention to boring things -- Emotion matters -- Why there is no such thing as multitasking -- We pay great attention to threats, sex, and pattern matching -- The brain needs a break! -- Short-term memory -- Rule #5. Repeat to remember -- Memories are volatile -- How details become splattered across the insides of our brains -- How the brain pieces them back together again -- Where memories go -- Long-term memory -- Rule #6. Remember to repeat -- If you don't repeat this within 30 seconds, you'll forget it -- Spaced repetition cycles are key to remembering -- When floating in water could help your memory -- Sleep -- Rule #7. Sleep well, think well -- The brain doesn't sleep to rest -- Two armies at war in your head -- How to improve your performance 34 percent in 26 minutes -- Which bird are you? -- Sleep on it! -- Stress -- Rule #8. Stressed brains don't learn the same way -- Stress is good, stress is bad -- A villain and a hero in the toxic-stress battle -- Why the home matters to the workplace -- Marriage intervention for happy couples -- Sensory integration -- Rule #9. Stimulate more of the senses -- Lessons from a nightclub -- How and why all of our senses work together -- Multisensory learning means better remembering -- What's that smell? -- Vision -- Rule #10. Vision trumps all other senses -- Playing tricks on wine tasters -- You see what your brain wants to see, and it likes to make stuff up -- Throw out your PowerPoint -- Gender -- Rule #11. Male and female brains are different -- Sexing humans -- The difference between little girl best friends and little boy best friends -- Men favor gist when stressed; women favor details -- A forgetting drug -- Exploration -- Rule #12. We are powerful and natural explorers -- Babies are great scientists -- Exploration is aggressive -- Monkey see, monkey do -- Curiosity is everything. In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule--what scientists know for sure about how our brains work--and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. Brain Popular works. Brain Physiology. Neurosciences Popular works. Learning Popular works. Memory Popular works. Electronic books. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=C87C087F-3078-4300-BA03-EC1354615C37 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/C87/C08/7F/BrainRules.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C87C087F-3078-4300-BA03-EC1354615C37&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/C87/C08/7F/BrainRules.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C87C087F-3078-4300-BA03-EC1354615C37&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8