Hacking Your Brain With (Brain) Science

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1. Tim Mitra @timmitra WITH HACKING YOUR BRAIN, SCIENCE
2. Tim Mitra @timmitra WITH HACKING YOUR BRAIN, SCIENCE
3. Tim Mitra @timmitra WITH HACKING YOUR BRAIN, SCIENCE BRAIN
4. Tim Mitra @timmitra YOUR MIND WILL CHANGE… AFTER THIS TALK! @me (just now!)
5. Tim Mitra @timmitra pizza driver author iT guy iOS developer manager instructor mentor Apple consultant tech evangelist editor writer podcaster artist maker Art Director Parking lot attendant Article -> How to Keep Learning after 50?
6. PLASTICS! NEUROPLASTICITY / CORTICAL REMAPPING
7. BRAINJO THE LAWS OF BRAINJO: ART & SCIENCE OF MOLDING MUSICAL MIND
8. Tim Mitra @timmitra 10,000 HOURS… IT’S NOT THAT SIMPLE Dr. Lara Boyd MG
9. DR LARA BOYD AFTER WATCHING THIS, YOUR BRAIN WILL NOT BE THE SAME
10. pizza driver author iT guy iOS developer manager instructor mentor Apple consultant tech evangelist editor writer podcaster artist maker Art Director Parking lot attendant Tim Mitra @timmitra HOW MEMORY ACTUALLY WORKS ▸ Chemical - signals between neutrons ▸ Repeated practice makes Structural changes ▸ Functional change is where your brain uses several regions when you use a certain skill (muscle memory)
11. pizza driver author iT guy iOS developer manager instructor mentor Apple consultant tech evangelist editor writer podcaster artist maker Art Director Parking lot attendant Tim Mitra @timmitra HOW THESE SUPPORT LEARNING ▸ Chemical, Structural & Functional changes support neuroplasticity. ▸ Can be independent, but mostly in concert ▸ Together they support Learning - all the time
12. WAYNE GRETZKY EVERYTHING I LEARNED PLAYING HOCKEY !
13. WAYNE GRETZKY EVERYTHING I LEARNED PLAYING HOCKEY ! WAYNE GRETZKY KAHWI LEONARD!
14. pizza driver author iT guy iOS developer manager instructor mentor Apple consultant tech evangelist editor writer podcaster artist maker Art Director Parking lot attendant Tim Mitra @timmitra LEARNING NEW SKILLS - HACKING ▸ MICRO SKILLS ▸ LEARN TO DRIVE ▸ NEW CODE ▸ NEW LANGUAGE ▸ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT / SONG ▸ TOUCH TYPE
15. pizza driver author iT guy iOS developer manager instructor mentor Apple consultant tech evangelist editor writer podcaster artist maker Art Director Parking lot attendant Tim Mitra @timmitra EXAMPLES ▸ NOOM ▸ DUOLINGO ▸ MASK WEARING ▸ WASHING HANDS ▸ MIND MAPPING
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19. Tim Mitra @timmitra STUDY HOW & WHAT YOU LEARN BEST. REPEAT THOSE BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE HEALTHY FOR YOUR BRAIN & BREAK THOSE BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE NOT. Dr Lara Boyd WRAP UP
20. Tim Mitra @timmitra STUDY HOW & WHAT YOU LEARN BEST. REPEAT THOSE BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE HEALTHY FOR YOUR BRAIN & BREAK THOSE BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE NOT. Dr Lara Boyd WRAP UP LEARNING IS ABOUT DOING THE WORK THAT YOUR BRAIN REQUIRES… YOU & YOUR PLASTIC BRAIN ARE SHAPED BY THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
21. Tim Mitra @timmitra GO OUT AND BUILD THE BRAIN YOU WANT! Dr Lara Boyd GO FORTH
22. Tim Mitra @timmitra RESOURCES ▸ How to Keep Learning After 50 — Ways to Hack Your Brain at Any Age ▸ https://www.kodeco.com/79-how-to-keep-learning-after-50-ways-to-hack- your-brain-at-any-age ▸ The 9 Ways to Practice Smarter workshop (clawhammer and finger-style banjo) ▸ https://youtu.be/k-h56IePDac ▸ After watching this, your brain will not be the same | Lara Boyd | TEDxVancouver ▸ https://youtu.be/LNHBMFCzznE
23. Tim Mitra @timmitra HAVE A GREAT DAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME Tim Mitra, artist, maker, podcaster