Summary of findings

• Time off is as important as focused time. After intense focused mode, enter maximally “diffuse mode” that is not focusing, resting.

new synapses forms during sleep*

• One study of rats discovered that rats who were in rich environment had neurons connection 2x stronger than rats in bare cages. Rich environments is about surrounding yourself with people, rich scenery, participating in stimulating events or exercising. The same applies to humans. Terrence Sejnowski, neuroscientist and co author of this course, in between research sessions goes for runs on the beach while listening to music. This is his way of benefiting from entering rich environment or triggering a maximally diffuse mode.
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This is the Terrence Sejnowski between research sessions goes for a run on the beach while listening to music. This is his way of benefiting from entering rich environment or triggering a maximally diffuse mode.

• Learning is about actively going through material. Reading the book is not learning, you have to actively rephrase the findings to someone, test yourself, put it in context with the things you know (chunk) See Testing paradox Do Through a Peasant's Reasoning approch Grasp the subject through a multitude of perspectives and to try learn more by practicing. Learning with your own tempo. Try to understand it "in your way", with your set of references. Validate from different perspectives if you actually understand it. Learn slower, less automatic, in more depth. This might feel slower but is actually more effective.
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