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““Montage is Montage is the modus the modus operandi of operandi of the brain.”the brain.”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain

““Learn a lot and Learn a lot and the brain circuitry the brain circuitry changes changes extensively; learn extensively; learn little and your little and your brain’s brain’s organization organization remains limited to remains limited to the same neuronal the same neuronal networks..”networks..”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain

““The brain The brain takes a certain takes a certain amount of time amount of time to encode new to encode new experiences experiences and and information.”information.”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain ““The brain is The brain is

always always “purposive” “purposive” and employs and employs whatever whatever areas are most areas are most appropriate for appropriate for the task at the task at hand.”hand.”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain

““Physical Physical and mental and mental inactivity inactivity lead to lead to boredom, boredom, anxiety and anxiety and depression.”depression.”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain

““Therefore, if Therefore, if you desire you desire peak mental peak mental efficiency, take efficiency, take control of your control of your feelings and feelings and emotions.”emotions.”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain ““If you If you

concentrate on concentrate on ways of ways of avoiding a bad avoiding a bad outcome rather outcome rather than bringing than bringing about a good about a good one, your brain one, your brain will lock onto will lock onto the negative.”the negative.”

Quotes on the brainQuotes on the brain ““Concentrate Concentrate

on your ideas on your ideas and your goals and your goals rather than rather than focusing on the focusing on the bad things that bad things that could happen, could happen, or on how or on how nervous you’re nervous you’re feeling.”feeling.”

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All quotes All quotes taken from taken from Mozart’s Brain Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter and the Fighter Pilot Pilot

written by written by Richard Restak Richard Restak MD.MD.

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The following The following information was information was taken from taken from Enriching the Enriching the Brain; How to Brain; How to Maximize EVERY Maximize EVERY Learner’s Learner’s Potential Potential by Eric by Eric JensenJensen

Seven Positive Factors to Seven Positive Factors to Maximize your PotentialMaximize your Potential

1.1. Physical ActivityPhysical Activity

2.2. Novel, Novel, challenging, and challenging, and meaningful meaningful learninglearning

3.3. Coherent Coherent complexitycomplexity

4.4. Managed Stress Managed Stress LevelsLevels

5.5. Social SupportSocial Support

6.6. Good NutritionGood Nutrition

7.7. Sufficient TimeSufficient Time

1. Physical Activity1. Physical Activity Exercise helps Exercise helps

increase the increase the release of brain-release of brain-derived derived neurotrophic factor neurotrophic factor which supports which supports learning and learning and memory function memory function and the repair and and the repair and maintenance of maintenance of neural circuits. neural circuits.

Novel, Challenging, and Novel, Challenging, and Meaningful learningMeaningful learning

The brain is The brain is designed by designed by nature to survive. nature to survive. Learning is the Learning is the only way to do only way to do that. Novel that. Novel learning appears learning appears to increase brain to increase brain cell survival and cell survival and functionality.functionality.

Coherent ComplexityCoherent Complexity

Complexity is the Complexity is the situation in which situation in which students are neither students are neither bored nor distressed bored nor distressed with their with their experience, rather experience, rather engaged and able to engaged and able to handle multiple handle multiple levels of curriculum, levels of curriculum, social structures, and social structures, and emotional responsesemotional responses

Managed Stress LevelsManaged Stress Levels

The learning The learning environment environment should inspire and should inspire and challenge the challenge the learner. learner. Students need the Students need the skills and mind-set skills and mind-set to believe they to believe they can influence their can influence their environment environment

SOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIAL SUPPORT

The Key is a The Key is a sense of sense of belonging, belonging, invitation, and invitation, and connectedness. A connectedness. A safe, positive safe, positive social climate social climate reduces stress. reduces stress.

GOOD NUTRITIONGOOD NUTRITION

Good nutrition Good nutrition improves mood improves mood and behavior. and behavior. Nutrition impacts Nutrition impacts cognition and cognition and behavior. There behavior. There are special are special nutrients which nutrients which boost learning and boost learning and brain function.brain function.

SUFFICIENT TIMESUFFICIENT TIME

All learning All learning processes require processes require resources and that resources and that takes time. New takes time. New connections are connections are formed within 15 formed within 15 minutes but it minutes but it takes 1-6 hours to takes 1-6 hours to solidify new solidify new learning. learning.