My favorite Brain Rulesquotes

Images: www.sxc.hu– “Brain Rules” was written by John Medina

People don’t pay attention to

boring things

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Our schools are designed so that most of

the real learning has to occur at home. This would be funny if it

weren’t so harmful.

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Board meetings should be conducted

while people walked 2 miles per hour

The brain remembers the emotional component of an experience better than

any other aspect.

People who are interrupted take 50 percent longer to accomplish a

task, and make up to 50 percent more errors

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The 10-minute rule: people usually stop paying attention

after 10 minutes of lecture.

People usually

forget 90

percent

of what they learn in a

class within 30 days

You win or lose the battle to hold your audience

in the first 30 seconds of a presentation

Talking

about an event immediately after is has

occurred

enhances memory

for that event

If information is presented orally,

people remember about 10 percent, tested 72 hours after

exposure.

That figure goes up to 65 percent if you add a

picture.

Less text …

more pictures

Discovery

brings joy…

We must do a better job at encouraging

lifelong curiosity

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