Capter 9 Flashcards
Why are brain-links important?
Brain links connect multiple neural pathways.
Important because allows our attentional octopus to retrieve easily a lot of informations.
Explain what your attentional octopus does.
Retrieve info form the locker to the working memory. And way back.
It has just 4 harms so can handle a limited amount of information.
A good example of a “linked” idea is tying your shoes. When you first were learning to tie your shoes, you had to pay close attention. But now you can easily tie your shoes while you talk to others, watch television, or sing a song. Name another activity or concept you have linked.
- drive a car
- to create images while studying
- to convert numbers to images
- how to dress
- make the bed
- give a bodywork
- falling in ci
- swimming
What happens to your attentional octopus if you work with the television on?
It works with an arm less.
Why should you avoid “task switching”?
Because the octopus has to drop all the links he is working on and restart.
And this makes the octopus tired.
What should you do with your phone when you’re working on homework? Why?
Put it in silent mode.
Because notifications create distractions and task switching.
Does understanding a concept create a set of brain-links?
No, to create brain links we need practice.
How do you get to be an expert at something?
Developing a library of brain links.
If you were to be rescued from a burning building, would you choose a firefighter who had just watched people being rescued from burning buildings? Or would you choose a firefighter who had physically practiced rescuing people from burning buildings? Why?
Because has well practice set of brain links, that he can recall easily under conditions of hi stress.
