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Break Out the Crayons – Your Brain Needs to Color!

Learningtogo

There are many practical benefits of teaching children about colors: They learn to recognize patterns and objects in the world around them. Recognizing pattern is a key survival skill and coloring helps develop and fine-tune that skill. How to start using coloring in your adult learning program.

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Does Your Brain Need Santa Claus?

Learningtogo

One key to understanding why magical thinking exists is to understand the brain’s capacity to predict future events based on past experience. The brain does this by paying attention to changes in the environment and linking current and past events together to build a reliable model of the world. The brain is still a gigantic mystery.

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Announcing the Brain Matters Coloring Book

Learningtogo

I’m so excited about my new book, The Brain Matters Coloring Book ! There are many practical benefits of teaching children about colors: They learn to recognize patterns and objects in the world around them. Recognizing pattern is a key survival skill and coloring helps develop and fine-tune that skill.

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Your Bayesian Brain – Are you wired for statistics?

Learningtogo

You may have a Bayesian brain. Machine learning applies the theorem to provide part of the foundation for how a computer or software program can be said to learn, by continuously updating predictions based on new data. So what does all this math have to do with the brain? Introducing Thomas Bayes. A lot, as it turns out.

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Does Your Brain Need Santa Claus?

Learningtogo

One key to understanding why magical thinking exists is to understand the brain’s capacity to predict future events based on past experience. The brain does this by paying attention to changes in the environment and linking current and past events together to build a reliable model of the world. The brain is still a gigantic mystery.

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Your leaders’ brains were not made for this moment

CLO Magazine

Mental health counseling is fully covered by the company’s employee assistance program, and there are a variety of resources available on campus, such as daytime yoga classes, onsite massages and paid time off. workplace environment is putting a strain on our brains and affecting our mental well-being.

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Dude, Where’s My car? Fixing Brain Fog

Learning Rebels

Brain fog, UGH. Technically, brain fog is the feeling of confusion, forgetfulness, or a lack of focus. Traditionally, our thoughts have been that brain fog is something that happens from time to time. Traditionally, our thoughts have been that brain fog is something that happens from time to time. Am I right? Moderation.

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