Use Your Brain for Success!

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION

Use your brain for success! Only you can! Why? Because your brain is as unique as your thumb print. It starts developing by the 4th day of conception and the way it functions determines the quality of your life! The brain, this mystery organ inside our bony skull, can be intriguing and bewildering at the same time. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with an owner’s manual. Fortunately, current research, often involving state-of-the-art testing and imaging modalities, is shedding new light on it, 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

Send email to Dr. Taylor at thebrain@arlenetaylor.org