How Your Brain Learns – Six Things You Should Know

Our brains are learning and habit making machines. Everything we think of as a human function is learned at some point in our life, turned into a memory and repeated as a habit. Because we are constantly learning new things (whether we think of it as learning or not) it’s important to understand exactly how our brain learns, and how it learns most efficiently. In this article, posted on Life Hacker, you’ll learn (no pun intended) six key elements about how your brain learns.

1. We take in Information Better When It’s Visual
2. We Remember the Big Picture Better Than the Details
3. Sleep Largely Affects Learning and Memory
4. Sleep Deprivation Significantly Reduces Your Ability to Learn New Information
5. We Learn Best by Teaching Others
6. We Learn New Information Better When It’s Interleaved

Highlights include visual vs. verbal learning and the importance of sleep. Neurofeedback, a therapeutic technique we employ to improve brain health, works extremely well because of the underlying principles of learning theory. If you’re interested in improving your learning capacity, overall mood, memory or brain health, learn more on our Neurofeedback page, or call us at 704-333-4817.