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brain body health

shared by Phil Taylor on 20 May 12 - No Cached

brain asset manage train

shared by Phil Taylor on 06 Jul 12 - No Cached

In the "fight or flight response," your body is ready to keep you safe but is often overreacting to events that can be better resolved from a more relaxed state
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shared by Phil Taylor on 20 Dec 11 - No Cached

brain myths science psychology Learning research

shared by Phil Taylor on 13 Dec 11 - No Cached

The reason we find it easy to believe the internet is making us dumber is because, in some ways, it's making us less self-reliant. Our GPS devices navigate for us and we neglect to remember things because we have Google search. That doesn't make us dumber, necessarily, but rather causes us to rely more on what psychologist Daniel Wagner calls transactive memory. This type of memory is actually very useful because it allows us to, in essence, store more data in less space.
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shared by Phil Taylor on 02 Feb 12 - No Cached

Risk Taking
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This means teens literally cannot come to a decision as fast as an adult.
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scans showed that the reward center of the teen brain became much more active in the company of their peers
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Giving in to Peer Pressure
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Lack of Concentration
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While teens may look more like adults than kids, to a neuroscientist their brains resemble a child’s.
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Overly Emotional
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That means that if you are expressing an emotion—say, disappointment—a teen’s brain has a 50% chance of misinterpreting it as a different emotion, like anger.
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Getting Dumber
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brain learning

shared by Phil Taylor on 22 Nov 11 - No Cached

shared by Phil Taylor on 15 Jun 12 - No Cached

starting in 1994, calculators were not only permitted, but were essentially required. The driving factors came from the level of mathematics taught and tested and the availability of graphing calculator technology. This change gave students the appropriate tool for accuracy and efficiency -- it was also the one used by most professionals who used mathematics beyond basic arithmetic
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before prescribing medication, physicians often search the Medscape or Epocrates websites for the most current facts that might have significant impact on a patient's reactions to the medication. New information can be critical,
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The problem is not primarily teachers or students who, in desperation, resort to cheating, but rather the conditions that drive them to such extremes
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Desirable employees are those capable of making use of new information and technology to solve new problems and innovate ahead of the competition.
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This is only the beginning of this conversation. What do you consider important implications of and perhaps preparation for Internet access for learning and testing?
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shared by Phil Taylor on 06 Feb 14 - No Cached

brain psychology

shared by Phil Taylor on 03 Mar 14 - No Cached

Our theory predicts that people fit into one of four groups, based on their typical use of the two brain systems. Depending on the degree to which a person uses the top and bottom systems in optional ways, he or she will operate in one of four cognitive modes: Mover, Perceiver, Stimulator and Adaptor.
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