Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): (Budget Print)

Most of us have no idea whatâ really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should knowâ like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forgetâ and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have different brains? In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain ruleâ what scientists know for sure about how our brains workâ and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Medina  fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science. You learn why Michael Jordan was no good at baseball. Youâ peer over a surgeonâ shoulder as he proves that most of us have a Jennifer Aniston neuron. Youâ meet a boy who has an amazing memory for music but canâ tie his own shoes.