Summary: Brain Rules, by John Medina, explains how the brain works and how we affect it throughout our lives. The book is divided into 12 chapters, each explaining one “rule” of the brain, or the tendencies the human brain has.
Rule 1: Exercise boosts brain power (Exercise) Exercise is critical to our health, both physical and mental. Exercising not only lowers your risk for physical and mental disease, it improves your ability to think as well. Exercise helps blood travel to the brain, bringing glucose and oxygen with it. With these factors in mind, the ideal setting for information processing would include movement (this would include memory and executive function).
Rule 2: The human brain evolved, too. (Survival) Throughout history, …show more content…
( Wired)
No two minds truly think alike. What we do and how we live directly affect brains physicality. Because of this, different parts of the brain develop at different paces and intelligence manifests itself in many different ways. Because of this there is no sure fire way to measure intelligence, which is a major problem that school systems tend to ignore. Finally, “The Theory of Mind” is our brain’s effort to understand the thought process of others by reflecting on our own. It helps us connect with others and is essential to …show more content…
We do know that the likelihood of different mental illness differs from male to female. The male and female response to emotion is also very different, and it is not quite known how nature vs. nurture fits into the picture yet. Men tend to pay attention to gist, while women tend to focus on detail.
Rule 12: We are powerful and natural explorers. (Exploration).
Babies are a prime example of our tendency to learn through experimentation. We are not wired to learn purely through observation, we like to test stuff! This approach to learning is favored by different parts of the brain such, as the prefrontal cortex. We are built to mimic the scientific method.
Rule 1: Exercise boosts brain power (Exercise) Exercise is critical to our health, both physical and mental. Exercising not only lowers your risk for physical and mental disease, it improves your ability to think as well. Exercise helps blood travel to the brain, bringing glucose and oxygen with it. With these factors in mind, the ideal setting for information processing would include movement (this would include memory and executive function).
Rule 2: The human brain evolved, too. (Survival) Throughout history, …show more content…
( Wired)
No two minds truly think alike. What we do and how we live directly affect brains physicality. Because of this, different parts of the brain develop at different paces and intelligence manifests itself in many different ways. Because of this there is no sure fire way to measure intelligence, which is a major problem that school systems tend to ignore. Finally, “The Theory of Mind” is our brain’s effort to understand the thought process of others by reflecting on our own. It helps us connect with others and is essential to …show more content…
We do know that the likelihood of different mental illness differs from male to female. The male and female response to emotion is also very different, and it is not quite known how nature vs. nurture fits into the picture yet. Men tend to pay attention to gist, while women tend to focus on detail.
Rule 12: We are powerful and natural explorers. (Exploration).
Babies are a prime example of our tendency to learn through experimentation. We are not wired to learn purely through observation, we like to test stuff! This approach to learning is favored by different parts of the brain such, as the prefrontal cortex. We are built to mimic the scientific method.