![]() ![]() Sleep loss cripples thinking in just about every way you can measure thinking. While asleep, your brain appears to replay what you learned that day. The rest of us are hummingbirds, or somewhere in between. Another 10% of us are owls (night hawks). About 10% of us are larks (morning people) being most productive in the morning hours. Movement before and during learning enhances learning. □ Design takeaway: To learn better we need to move. In other words, physical activity is cognitive candy. It boosts problem-solving and creativity. Movement stimulates the protein that keeps neurons connecting. They were not sitting in a classroom or in front of a desk for 8 hours at a time. Our evolutionary ancestors were used to walking up to 12 miles per day. Yes to experiential learning.Įxercise boosts brainpower. □ Design takeaway: Our brains learn in dynamic, responsive ways collaborating with others using our problem-solving skills. This allowed us to coordinate within a group, our mightiest survival strategy. For survival, we needed to understand one another’s intentions and motivations. Our ability to use symbolic reasoning, or making things up is what separates us from the gorillas. ![]() We were in motion, constantly solving problems through exploration. Our brains evolved thousands of years ago when we were living in the savannah in Africa fending off danger and vying for our survival. The human brain is designed to solve problems related to surviving, in an unstable outdoor environment, and to do so in nearly constant motion. ![]()
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