Rewire Your Brain!

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Learning to Learn: You, Too, Can Rewire Your Brain

By JOHN SCHWARTZ AUG. 4, 2017 NYT

Dr. Oakley’s lessons are rich in metaphor, which she knows helps get complex ideas across. The practice is rooted in the theory of neural reuse, which states that metaphors use the same neural circuits in the brain as the underlying concept does, so the metaphor brings difficult concepts “more rapidly on board,” as she puts it.

She illustrates her concepts with goofy animations: There are surfing zombies, metabolic vampires and an “octopus of attention.” Hammy editing tricks may have Dr. Oakley moving out of the frame to the right and popping up on the left, or cringing away from an animated, disembodied head that she has put on the screen to discuss a property of the brain.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/education/edlife/learning-how-to-learn-barbara-oakley.html