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Brain Rules
This document outlines 12 brain rules for optimizing brain function and memory based on Dr. John Medina's research. The rules discuss how exercise, sleep, stress, senses and exploration can impact brain health and memory. Repeated exposure to information through practice and repetition over time is essential for memory consolidation. While multitasking is a myth, stimulating different senses can aid recall. Understanding individual brain differences and providing a safe learning environment also supports development.
Brain Rules
- 1. BRAIN RULES Adapted fromDr. John Medina’s Brain Rules
- 2. DO YOU KNOW? THE number of children with poor mental health is rising, with 20 per cent found to be suffering from stress, anxiety and depression in the latest National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS). The survey, conducted in 2011, said there were more children aged between 5 and 15 suffering from mental health issues or were prone to mental disorders.
- 3. 12 BRAIN RULES How to function more efficiently and take care of our brain?
- 4. Rule #1: Exerciseboosts brain power.
- 5. Rule #2: Thehuman brain evolves The brain is a survival organ – designed to solve problems constantly The strongest brains survive – we learn through problem solving Understanding Environment – brain functions well in a safe environment Constraints in Environment – anti brain environment disrupts growth
- 6. Rule #3: Everybrain is wired differently No two people have the same brain, not even twins. Every student’s brain, every employee’s brain, every customer’s brain is wired differently Regions of the brain develop at different rates in different people Everyone have their own Strength & Weakness Unity and diversity is key to survival
- 7. Rule #4: Attention We pay attention to interesting things Human Brain has attention span of 10 minutes Multi-tasking Is A Myth – brain can perform effectively doing one thing at a time.
- 8. Rule #5: MemorySpan Repeat to Remember Human brain can only hold about seven pieces of information for less than 30 seconds! To remember - need to consistently re-expose yourself to the information. Memories are so volatile that you have to repeat to remember.
- 9. Rule #6: Rememberto REPEAT! It takes years to consolidate a memory. Not minutes, hours, or days but years. - why PRACTISE makes PERFECT? How do you remember better? Repeated exposure to information / in specifically timed intervals / provides the most powerful way to fix memory into the brain. REPETITION is CRUCIAL to REMEMBER – Learning Curve
- 10. Rule #7: Sleepwell, think well While sleeping brain processes information Feel Tired? Take a NAP One of the reason 3PM meetings may make you feel unproductive?
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- 12. Rule #8: Stress Stressed brains – UNPRODUCTIVE - HARMFUL Brain is built to deal with stress that lasts about 30 seconds –longer period of stress leads to unproductive performance Stress damages memory and executive function
- 13. Rule #9: Sense Stimulate more of the senses Brain tends to remember sight, sound, taste, smell, touch Smell is unusually effective at evoking memory. Eg: STARBUCKS BRANDING from the Smell of Coffee Better memory retention by invoking SENSE function We have the habit of feeling things before buying?
- 14. Rule #10: Vision Wetend to remember better when we have the power of vision!
- 15. Rule #11: Gender Male and Female brains are wired differently Men and women handle acute stress differently Men and women process certain emotions differently (Eg: Anxiety affects Women more than Men and Males are more severely afflicted by schizophrenia than females)
- 16. Rule #12: Exploration We are powerful and natural explorers. Reason why we are able to learn at any age Life is continuous learning process Learning new skills is good for the brain stimulates neutrons and senses