I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it.
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.
The more senses recruited at the moment of learning, the more likely you are to recall it later.
You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.
Every brain is wired differently from every other brain, and learns in ways unique to that wiring.
The brain remembers the emotional component of an experience better than any other aspect.
The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too.
I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now.
It was a maddening image and the only way to whip it was to hang on until dusk and banish the ghosts with rum.
I think there is a scientific approach to it and there is a political approach to it and an economical approach to it. All of this combined, we might find a solution.