Don't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions. — John Medina Details Copy Share Image
“The more handles one creates at the moment of learning, the more likely the information is to be assessed at a later… — John Medina Education Copy Share Image
If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably… — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
“Every time I lectured to a group of parents-to-be about baby brain development,” — John Medina Brain development Copy Share Image
“reasoning is a uniquely human talent. It may have arisen from our need to understand one another’s intentions and motivations. This allowed… — John Medina Intelligence Copy Share Image
If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would… — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
“Emotionally arousing events tend to be better remembered than neutral events. While” — John Medina Copy Share Image
“attention Brain Rule #6 We don’t pay attention to boring things.” — John Medina Focus Copy Share Image
Most brain scientists have not taught 4th grade, and don't know very much about the classroom, even though they might study learning… — John Medina Amount Copy Share Image
“The more parents talk to their children, even in the earliest moments of life, the better their kids’ linguistic abilities become” — John Medina Children Copy Share Image
Even though we don't know squat about how the brain works, the little we do know suggests that if you wanted to… — John Medina America Copy Share Image
“More research has since confirmed and extended these simple findings. In addition to satisfying relationships, other behaviors that predict happiness include: • a… — John Medina Attitude of gratitude Copy Share Image
What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it. — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
Brain scientists and education scientists don't get together very often, and we end up living in our own little silos. — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
There are nature and nurture components to virtually every behavior a human experiences. The research effort lies only in finding the relevant… — John Medina Absolutes Copy Share Image
“Verbalizing has a soothing effect on the nervous systems of children. (Adults, too.)” — John Medina Children Copy Share Image
There are estimates that we daily walked for 10 - 20 kilometers for hundreds of thousands of years. The world's best problem… — John Medina Activity Copy Share Image
Not even identical twins can have the exact same experiences, and their brains are not wired the same way. — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
“The more personal an example, the more richly it becomes encoded and the more readily it is remembered.” — John Medina Teaching Copy Share Image
Based on research into the Picture Superiority Effect, when we read text alone, we are likely to remember only 10 percent of… — John Medina Effects Copy Share Image
“What to say instead: “You really worked hard” What should Ethan’s parents have done? Research reveals a simple solution. Rather than praising… — John Medina Growth mindset Copy Share Image
“We know when our actions fail to match our inner thoughts and feelings, but we often forget that this knowledge is not… — John Medina Knowledge Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest predictors of successful aging, they found, is the presence or absence of a sedentary lifestyle. Put” — John Medina Aging Copy Share Image
Change often involves loss, so change can be a risky experience. — John Medina Change Copy Share Image
