It is helpful to appreciate some of the principles that underlie the operating systems of your mind. This lens will discover Five Key Principles of the Miracle Human Brain and The Mystery of Learning.
1. The brain loves to explore and make sense
Your brain is endlessly seeking to make sense of what it experiences. Your brain is continually searching for new data, for new experiences.
An important consequence is that, to ensure that your brain is powered up, you need to give it as many new experiences as possible, as well as the time to make sense of them.
An important consequence is that, to ensure that your brain is powered up, you need to give it as many new experiences as possible, as well as the time to make sense of them.
2. The brain likes to make connections
In fact, your brain is so good at making connections that it will often try to fill in the gaps even when it is missing information. When someone tells us a half-truth or only gives us part of the information we need, our brain immediately starts to make up the missing bits.
If you are trying to solve a problem, this tendency is a positive one. But if you are trying to communicate to your colleagues or family and only give part of the story, it can lead to suspicion, gossip, and unease for other people as their brains try to fill in the gaps.
If you are trying to solve a problem, this tendency is a positive one. But if you are trying to communicate to your colleagues or family and only give part of the story, it can lead to suspicion, gossip, and unease for other people as their brains try to fill in the gaps.
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3. The brain thrives on patterns
Pattern making is at the heart of your brain's filing system, its ability to make sense of what it has learned.
Our ability to make patterns is at the heart of our civilization. We organize our communities into houses and streets and towns. We lay out road networks. We create languages and number systems. Interestingly, this very positive attribute can also limit our potential when certain patterns become ingrained and we consequently become resistant to change.
Our ability to make patterns is at the heart of our civilization. We organize our communities into houses and streets and towns. We lay out road networks. We create languages and number systems. Interestingly, this very positive attribute can also limit our potential when certain patterns become ingrained and we consequently become resistant to change.
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4. The brain loves to imitate
Allied to pattern making is the brain's capacity for imitation. Until a synaptic connection has been made there is no "knowledge," except what we are born with. The most efficient way for connections to be established is by watching what others do and copying them. So, we learn to speak and talk when we are young by watching and listening to others. We learn many social customs by observation.
The use of role models and modeling certain behaviors at home and at work are powerful methods of passing on learning.
The use of role models and modeling certain behaviors at home and at work are powerful methods of passing on learning.
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5. The brain does not perform well under too much stress
When your brain is under severe stress, it can only think of survival. This is not the same thing as saying that all stress is bad for you. On the contrary, without the challenge on which your brain also thrives, you simply would not grow and evolve.
Nevertheless, few people find it easy to think about complex issues when they are staring disaster in the face. For effective learning to take place there needs to be a balance between high challenge and low threat.
Nevertheless, few people find it easy to think about complex issues when they are staring disaster in the face. For effective learning to take place there needs to be a balance between high challenge and low threat.
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THE MYSTERY OF LEARNING
The exact way in which a man used his brain and nervous system to acquire knowledge is still unknown. Some of the unanswered questions are:* Why do some people learn more quickly than others?
* What kind of experience aid learning?
* Why have some people an aptitude for using their hands; others for mental arithmetic; others for learning languages; and still others for imaginative and creative thought?
* Why do some things we learn (such as how to swim) last for life, whereas others (such as another person's name) may be forgotten within days?
It is known that, when someone considers a new situation he splits it up unconsciously into several factors. If he has experienced each of these factors previously, he can assess the relevant ones and analyse the total situation without going through a process of trial and error.
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Heredity and Intelligence
* Intelligence is the ability to find a solution to a problem in the light of past experience. It also allows someone to predict the results of the solution.
* But this is only a general definition. Intelligence has not been unambiguously defined scientifically, nor has it been measured with accuracy. Many scientists agree that it is a mixture of inherited ability and the results of experience.
* Whatever the heredity contribution, a child's intellectual ability depends to a great extent on experience. A child's experience can be widened by a full home life, by meeting other children and teachers at school, and by higher education and things that are learn at work.
* Educationists and psychologists sometimes use the phrase 'general intelligence' to describe a child's all-round intellectual capacity. Specific abilities may differ widely: he may be able to speak and read well, but be slow to learn how to use his fingers.
* However a child of high general intelligence is often gifted in many subjects. A bright seven-year-old can pick the odd word out in a list of words, such as ORANGE, PEAR, LEMON, TABLE, APPLE. He is also able to fill in a number missing from a series.
* But this is only a general definition. Intelligence has not been unambiguously defined scientifically, nor has it been measured with accuracy. Many scientists agree that it is a mixture of inherited ability and the results of experience.
* Whatever the heredity contribution, a child's intellectual ability depends to a great extent on experience. A child's experience can be widened by a full home life, by meeting other children and teachers at school, and by higher education and things that are learn at work.
* Educationists and psychologists sometimes use the phrase 'general intelligence' to describe a child's all-round intellectual capacity. Specific abilities may differ widely: he may be able to speak and read well, but be slow to learn how to use his fingers.
* However a child of high general intelligence is often gifted in many subjects. A bright seven-year-old can pick the odd word out in a list of words, such as ORANGE, PEAR, LEMON, TABLE, APPLE. He is also able to fill in a number missing from a series.
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- Webcodes Webcodes Jul 9, 2008 @ 1:00 am
- As a parent of a toddler, I am fascinated by watching my son learn new things. The human brain is absolutely amazing 5*.
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- MayaVirtual MayaVirtual Apr 3, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
- Thanks mate!
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- RickBasset RickBasset Apr 2, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
- I like your lens! Interesting...I think I feel those
synaptic connections forming now...
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