John Medina quotes
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“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle. And if you wanted to change things, you might have to tear down both and start over.”
-- John MedinaSource : "Education 2020 — An Emerging Consensus About Learning" By Paula Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2011.
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“Based on research into the Picture Superiority Effect, when we read text alone, we are likely to remember only 10 percent of the information 3 days later. If that information is presented to us as text combined with a relevant image, we are likely to remember 65 percent of the information 3 days later.”
-- John MedinaSource : "Brain Rules". Book by John Medina, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2008.
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“Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation.”
-- John MedinaSource : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.78, Pear Press
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“The brain remembers the emotional component of an experience better than any other aspect.”
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“The brain cannot multitask. Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one at a time…To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing information-rich inputs simultaneously…Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.”
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“To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.”
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“The brain doesn't pay attention to boring things,”
-- John MedinaSource : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.68, Pear Press
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“What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it.”
-- John MedinaSource : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.58, Pear Press
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“Having a first child is like swallowing an intoxicating drink made of equal parts joy and terror, chased with a bucketful of transitions nobody ever tells you about.”
-- John MedinaSource : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded): How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five”, p.9, Pear Press
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“Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.”
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“We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.”
-- John MedinaSource : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.133, Pear Press
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“The problem in today’s economy is that people are typically starting a family at the very time they are also supposed to be doing their best work. They are trying to be productive at some of the most stressful times of their lives. What if companies took this unhappy collision of life events seriously? They could offer Gottman’s intervention as a benefit for every newly married, or newly pregnant, employee.”
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“Though we have been stuffing them into classrooms and cubicles for decades, our brains actually were built to survive in jungles and grasslands. A lifetime of exercise can result in a sometimes astonishing elevation in cognitive performance, compared with those who are sedentary.”
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“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.”
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“Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding.”
-- John MedinaSource : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded): How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five”, p.49, Pear Press
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“You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.”
-- John Medina
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