Brain Rules 1 Flashcards
Rule 1: Exercise boosts brain power Long distance Voltage Blood cleanse Stimulation Heart health
Our brains were built for walking (12 miles a day)
To improve your thinking skills, MOVE
Exercise gets blood to your brain = glucose for energy, oxygen to soak up leftover toxic electrons. Also stimulates the protein that keeps neurons connecting
Aerobic exercise just twice a week halves your risk of general dementia, cuts Alzheimer’s risk by 60 percent
Rule 2: The human brain evolved, too Trinity Survival of the fittest Bipedal Da Vinci Code
We have 3 brains: Lizard brain for breathing, cat brain for survival, human brain (Jell-O thin layer known as cortex)
We took over Earth by adapting to change. Forced from trees to savannah due to climate affecting food supply
Four legs to two legs freed up energy for complex brain
Symbolic reasoning is unique to humans
Rule 3: Every brain is wired differently Jenga Independent development Duality Baskin Robbins
What you do and learn in life physically changes your brain, literally rewiring it
Various regions of brain develop at different rates in different people
No two people’s brains store information same way in same place
We have great number of intelligence, not just traditional IQ tests
