Some food for thought from the world of thinking this month:
- Here’s one kind of multitasking that’s not a problem for your brain. While certain multitasking activities have been shown to reduce performance and productivity, visual sampling is one type of multitasking our brains seem to be able to handle well.
- Brain scientists in England to work with schools on how to learn. Citing the need to address the “evidence gap” in applying neuroscience in learning, the Wellcome Trust and Education Endowment Foundation is funding the initiative to research how schoolchildren’s brains process information.
- How you practice affects how you learn. A new study suggests that the more time you spend trying to understand how something works, the better your learning outcomes. According to the researchers, “The study suggests that learning can be improved—you can learn more efficiently or use the same practice time to learn to a higher level.”
Find more news in this month’s BrainBytes® Newsletter, including:
- The Whole Brain® Blog: Are Your Leadership Development Efforts Paying Off?
- Article: How to Grow Your Strategic Mindset (StrategyDriven)
- THINC™ Webinar: Whole Brain® Thinking in the Virtual World: Keeping Teams Connected, Engaged and Productive
- Upcoming Speaking Engagements: Training 2014, ASTD 2014
- Upcoming Conferences: GAMA 2014, Assessing and Developing High Potentials
- HBDI® Certification Workshop, April 8-11, Cincinnati, OH
