Week 1 Flashcards
First list of flashcards
What is focused thinking
Focused thinking is the ability to think/ solve problems while having undivided attention…
What is diffused thinking
Diffused thinking happens in the subconscious, when we are not focused our diffused part of the brain kicks in to try and find different connections in the information that we just learned…
Why is sleep important
When we sleep our neurons contract creating more space in the brain allowing for a special liquid to flow through cleaning the brain of toxins left away from the neurons. It is important to get ~8 hours of sleep…
What is short term memory
It’s the right not memory, so when you reading, learning something new, righting etc. You are using your short term memory to process the information of right now…
What is procrastination
What you avoid doing important work because you desire pleasure…
Why do we procrastinate
When we are faced with a challenge that we don’t like there is chemical released in our brain that the brain does not like, so the brain recognizes this challenge like danger and makes you want to avoid it resulting in procrastination…
Which is more effective diffused or focused thinking and for what…
What is learning
Our brains are like a web of neurons. A thought or a knowledge basis is a string or a set of strings in this web… When we learn something new our neurons create new connections ( synapses ), connecting with other neurons creating chunks…
What is the pomodoro learning technique
Its a learning technique made to tackle with procrastination and refine focus… You essentially study intensively/deeply for 25 minutes followed by a short rest of 5 minutes where you reward yourself… When you complete these two you get a pomodoro ( tomato in Spanish or Italian ), you repeat this process as much as you want…
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