John Medina

“The brain cannot multitask”

— John Medina

“Repeat to remember.”

— John Medina

We are human because we can fantasize.

— John Medina

What's obvious to you is obvious to you.

— John Medina

“souls should, by definition, also teach about “the metaphysical dimensions”

— John Medina

We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.

— John Medina

“is to teach her impulse control in her early”

— John Medina

The brain doesn't pay attention to boring things,

— John Medina

“people don’t pay attention to boring things”

— John Medina

“attention Brain Rule #6 We don’t pay attention to boring things.”

— John Medina

You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.

— John Medina

“Every time I lectured to a group of parents-to-be about baby brain development,”

— John Medina

Every brain is wired differently from every other brain, and learns in ways unique to that wiring.

— John Medina

“The most common communication mistakes? Relating too much information, with not enough time devoted to connecting the dots.”

— John Medina

“Emotionally arousing events tend to be better remembered than neutral events. While”

— John Medina

Whether at work, home or school, everybody carries their brain around them, and if the organ suffers from a disorder, we carry…

— John Medina

“A lifetime of exercise can result in a sometimes astonishing elevation in cognitive performance, compared with those who are sedentary.”

— John Medina

“Try creating an interruption-free zone during the day—turn off your e-mail, phone, IM program, or BlackBerry—and see whether you get more done.”

— John Medina

Brain scientists and education scientists don't get together very often, and we end up living in our own little silos.

— John Medina

Babies learn through a series of increasingly self-corrected ideas. They use very sophisticated hypothesis testing strategies to find out about their world.

— John Medina

“When the children reached school age, 21 percent scored 130 or more points on a standard IQ test, a level considered gifted.…

— John Medina

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

“The trick for business professionals, and for educators, is to present bodies of information so compelling that the audience does this (encoding)…

— John Medina

The distance between a gene and a behavior is of greatest interest to me. The relative contributions of nature and nurture, of…

— John Medina

Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only…

— John Medina

Any education system that only memorizes things creates robots and will never produce Nobel laureates. Any education system that only emphasizes improvisation…

— John Medina

The brain appears to have been designed to solve problems related to surviving in an outdoor setting, in unstable meteorological conditions, and…

— John Medina

“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

There is a neuron in your brain that will respond only to pictures of Jennifer Aniston - provided you have had prior…

— John Medina

“As for employees working at organizations who treat all people the same way, it will be up to you to push for…

— John Medina

“One study hints that it could, though more work needs to be done. Kids with normal hearing took an American Sign Language…

— John Medina

“Affect detection. First, a person must detect a change in the emotional disposition of someone else. In the behavioral sciences, “affect” means…

— John Medina

“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

“If my husband tells me one more time that he needs to rest because he “worked all day,” I will throw all…

— John Medina

“Americans 2 years of age and older now spend an average of four hours and 49 minutes per day in front of…

— John Medina

“There are four nutrients you will want in your behavioral formula, adjusting them as your baby gets older: breast-feeding, talking to your…

— John Medina

Change often involves loss, so change can be a risky experience.

— John Medina

“Most of its functions involve what some researchers call the “four Fs”: fighting, feeding, fleeing, and … reproductive behavior.”

— John Medina

“Verbalizing has a soothing effect on the nervous systems of children. (Adults, too.)”

— John Medina

Having a first child is like swallowing an intoxicating drink made of equal parts joy and terror, chased with a bucketful of…

— John Medina