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February 20, 2012
Training Today: Taxi Training Changes the Brain

As London taxi drivers in training are learning how to navigate the city’s thousands of streets, the experience actually changes the structure of their brains, according to a report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

As London taxi drivers in training are learning how to navigate the city’s thousands of streets, the experience actually changes the structure of their brains, according to a report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

The findings add to evidence that learning changes the adult brain and should come as encouraging news for life-long learning, says Eleanor Maguire of University College London.

November 29, 2011
Making It Stick

How can educators possibly keep training consistently interesting or make relevant connections to each individual in the classroom every 15 to 30 seconds? The only viable answer is effort—curricula built primarily around engaging students through a deliberate difficult practice methodology.

By Kevin R. Glover, M.S., M.Ed., Vice President, Corporate Communications, Clinical Education and Sales Training, and Connie Murray, R.D., M.Ed., Director of Clinical Education and Sales Training at B. Braun Medical Inc.

November 1, 2011
Developing Emotional Intelligence

What are the brain lessons for coaching, or for working on our own, to enhance an emotional intelligence skill? First, mobilize the motivating power in the left prefrontal areas. Then operationalize your goal at the level of a specific behavior. Finally, to make the new habit strong enough, you have to use the power of neuroplasticity—you have to do it over and over again.

By Dr. Daniel Goleman

You may have heard that we’re born with a huge amount of brain cells, and then we lose them steadily until we die. Now, the good news: That’s neuromythology.

April 16, 2007
Signal Trouble: Could Gagets Cause a 'Silent Spring'?

The cameras, video games and other functions of the cell phone have been making them more popular each year, and with the possibility of mini-projectors and other gadgets in the future, the sky seems to be the limit. But, as always, there may be a catch: By using your cell phone, you may be contributing to the end of the world as we know it.

The cameras, video games and other functions of the cell phone have been making them more popular each year, and with the possibility of mini-projectors and other gadgets in the future, the sky seems to be the limit. But, as always, there may be a catch: By using your cell phone, you may be contributing to the end of the world as we know it.


January 10, 2002
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