Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding. — John Medina Doe Copy Share Image
“When the children reached school age, 21 percent scored 130 or more points on a standard IQ test, a level considered gifted.… — John Medina Children Copy Share Image
People try to apply directly results from the cognitive neurosciences directly to classroom practice and I have to tell you I am… — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
A factory worker at an assembly line, who can learn their job in 5 minutes, can get bored fairly easily, and disengage completely. — John Medina Assembly Copy Share Image
“If you are trying to get information across to someone, your ability to create a compelling introduction may be the most important… — John Medina Goals Copy Share Image
“Because we don’t fully understand how our brains work, we do dumb things. We try to talk on our cell phones and… — John Medina Business environment Copy Share Image
“Affect detection. First, a person must detect a change in the emotional disposition of someone else. In the behavioral sciences, “affect” means… — John Medina Change Copy Share Image
“One study hints that it could, though more work needs to be done. Kids with normal hearing took an American Sign Language… — John Medina Education Copy Share Image
“Americans 2 years of age and older now spend an average of four hours and 49 minutes per day in front of… — John Medina Every day Copy Share Image
“The more attention the brain pays to a given stimulus, the more elaborately the information will be encoded—and retained.” — John Medina Focus Copy Share Image
The brain appears to have been designed to solve problems related to surviving in an outdoor setting, in unstable meteorological conditions, and… — John Medina Brain Copy Share Image
The ability to double our biomass - not by waiting several million years and growing to be the size of an elephant… — John Medina Ability Copy Share Image
You can practice for 30 years and still not be a Mozart. The most lethal combination would be a Mozart who practiced… — John Medina Combination Copy Share Image
Americans have been good at improvising for a long time, but in the last few decades, we have gotten very sloppy about… — John Medina Air Copy Share Image
Historically, very few discoveries were made out of thin air. Most of the greatest insights depended upon the intellectual ecology in which… — John Medina Air Copy Share Image
“The more attention the brain pays to a given stimulus, the more elaborately the information will be encoded—that is, learned—and retained.” — John Medina Focus Copy Share Image
“Couples who regularly practice empathy see stunning results. It is the independent variable that predicts a successful marriage, according to behaviorist John… — John Medina Empathy Copy Share Image
