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Exploiting the Brain for Fun & Profit #wcpdx 2016
This document discusses how to exploit and optimize the brain for learning. It covers topics like perception, memory, sleep, exercise, managing information overload, and more. Key points include how even one night of poor sleep can negatively impact cognitive ability, exercise improves blood flow and brain size, and distractions and multitasking prevent real learning. The document encourages choosing one small step like getting better sleep or reducing distractions to improve brain performance.
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Exploiting the Brain for Fun & Profit #wcpdx 2016
- 1. Alena Holligan @sketchings sketchings.com PHP Teacherat Treehouse PHP Users Group Leader Women Who Code Leader
- 2. EXPLOITING THE BRAIN forFun and Profit
- 3. YOUR MOST IMPORTANTTOOL Learning Perception Memory Sleep Exercise Infotention
- 4. EVERYONE WITH ABRAIN STAND UP
- 5. RUN IN PLACE “AWAKEAND ALERT”
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- 8. REARRANGE SENTENCE talk thisbeneficial is fascinating
- 9. TWO TRUTHS Everyone isthe same Everyone is different
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- 11. ELDERLY PRIMING Words: Old,Gray, Florida Significantly longer to walk to the elevator Done on psychology students Did the priming influence you? NO Why? Make things up We don’t say “I don’t know”
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- 14. I’M ALWAYS RIGHT. I REMEMBER THINGS WRONG.
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- 18. Who gets 10hours of sleep? 70% <8 hours 40% <7 hours
- 19. SLEEP EXPERIMENT 5 daysmimicked Alzheimer's hallucinations and paranoia 30% loss in cognitive ability after 1 night chronic sleep deprivation is like 2 nights sleep factor to obesity feel hungry get cravings longer to feel full
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- 21. SOME PEOPLE NEEDLESS insomniac gene
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- 23. NAPS IMPROVE PERFORMANCE 26min nap = 34% improvement ~ army
- 24. morning lark (1/10) nightowl (2/10) play to your strengths WHEN ARE YOU STRONGEST
- 25. HOW DO WELEARN
- 26. FORGETTING STUFF ISA FEATURE NOT A BUG
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- 29. Increased knowledge andretention Timing is key Information decay computers can help The Mnemosyne Project
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- 31. WHY EXERCISE improves bloodflows clears waste improves performance actually makes brain bigger Exercise for 75 minutes to maximize mortality reduction per minute 20%
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- 34. new languages new technologies newapproaches books articles blogs podcasts twitter conferences BOMBARDED WITH INFORMATION OVERLOAD
- 35. HOW DO WEKEEP UP
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- 39. PICK SOMETHING YOU CAREABOUT SKIM THE REST
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- 41. PRUNE AGGRESSIVELY if you’renot reading it, delete it
- 42. UTILIZE WHITE SPACE Reador Listen Commuting, Working Out, Waiting
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- 44. Average = 151hours of TV a month Two hundred billion hours annually (US) 2,000 wikipedias a year 100 million hours a weekend watching ads
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- 50. EMAIL IS LIKEGAMBLING variable reinforcement
- 51. WHAT CAN YOUDO?
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- 56. pick a task timedwork break repeat after 4 iterations longer break = REWARD
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- 62. CAPTURE IDEAS TO GENERATEMORE IDEAS No you won’t remember it later
- 63. WIKI IS AGREAT TOOL FOR TEAMS
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- 65. -Ralph Keeney, DukeUniversity America’s top killer isn’t cancer or heart disease, nor is it smoking or obesity. It’s our inability to make smart choices and overcome our own self-destructive behaviors.
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- 68. BOOKS Predictably Irrational A WholeNew Mind Getting Things Done Your Brain: The Missing Manual Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Brain Rules Mind Hacks Sway Nudge Drive
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- 70. Alena Holligan @sketchings sketchings.com PHP Teacherat Treehouse PHP Users Group Leader Women Who Code Leader