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In small groups use your notes from the watching these videos to discuss these questions:
Brain Rule #1
1. Describe an anti-brain learning environment.
2. Describe an anti-brain working environment.
3. What is Brain rule #1?
4. What makes the light bulb go on for a student or worker?
5. On average, how many miles a day did our ancestors walk?
6. What are the 4 parts of Executive Function?
7. What does STARBUCKS spend more money on, coffee beans or healthcare?
8. Suggest two ways (crazy or not) to get more activity during work hours.
Brain Rule #7
1. What is Brain rule #7
2. What percentage of our lives do we spend sleeping?
3. What is our brain doing during sleep?
4a. Why was everyone yawning during the meeting? 4b.Was this a good time for a meeting?
5. What does Dr. John Medina call the time when our brain wants to take a nap?
6. According to a NASA study, a _______________ minute nap improves pilots’ performance by
___________%.
North Seattle College
Lecture Comprehension and Discussion
Solomon
7. What percentage of people are morning people?
8. What percentage of people are late night people?
9. T or F
Dr. Medina says that one reason some of us peak at different times during the day is that historically
some people had to stay awake late to protect others.
10. T or F
Dr. Medina says that one way to get people to perform better at work is to have them all work at the same
time regardless of whether or not the are morning or night people.
Brain Rule 8
1. What is Brain Rule #8?
2. Did stress help Brian (the young man in the video) do his job better?
3. Name 4 ways that long term stress can damage us?
4. T or F
According to Dr. Medina, our brains are only wired to handle short term stress and not long term stress.
Brain Rule #10
1. What study did researchers do to determine that “vision trumps all other senses?”
2. What advice does he give about using PowerPoint?
3. After 3 days, how much information will a person hear after:
______%__ listening to something?
_____%___ seeing a picture?