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How to use your brain by design
Only you can--use your brain by design--because your brain is as unique as your thumb print. The way your brain functions determines the quality of your life! Unfortunately, your brain doesn’t come with a pre-printed owner’s manual. Fortunately, current research is shedding new light on the way in which it functions. An increased understanding of the brain can help you to be more realistic in terms of relating to the brains of others and in developing strategies for relating to your own brain more effectively. And it can be fun!
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
Use your brain for success! Only you can! Your brainm as unique as your thumb print, starts developing very early in the process of gestation. And the way it functions determines the quality of your life! The brain, this mystery organ inside your bony skull, can be intriguing and bewildering at the same time. Unfortunately, your brain doesn’t come with a pre-printed owner’s manual. Fortunately, current research, often involving state-of-the-art testing and imaging modalities, is shedding new light on the way the brain functions, much as ocean-going ships once opened up the world to commerce.
This seminar is designed to demystify your brains—yes, there are more than one of them—in easy-to-understand language. It includes explanations related to generation gap, maturation rates, and energy efficiency. An increased understanding of the brain can help you to be more realistic in terms of relating to the brains of others and in developing strategies for relating to your own brain more effectively. And it can be fun!
TIME FRAME
This seminar can be presented in two 50-minute segments.
TARGET AUDIENCE
People who are interested in understanding more about their amazing brain, including factors that can contribute to gender gap and energy-inefficiency.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the seminar, participants should be able to:
- Describe our “brains” in terms of conscious versus subconscious portions
- Outline the maturation process in terms of myelination and pre-frontal lobe development
- Identify factors that can contribute to the generation gap
- Explain the difference between having learned to do something well versus easily
- Implement two personal strategies for relating to our brains more effectively
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