by Margie Meacham | Oct 27, 2017 | LearningToGo Blog
Listen to Podcast: Dr. Greg Gage is a neuroscientist, biomedical engineer, co-founder of Backyard Brains, and TED Fellow. He spent many years as an electrical engineer designing retail systems before returning to grad school to pursue his passion for neuroscience. We...
by Margie Meacham | Oct 27, 2017 | LearningToGo Blog
A recent study of the fear response looked at how the brain learns, encodes and retrieves memories of fear-inducing events, causing us to react with fear when faced with a similar situation in the future. These researchers identified a particular type of neuron in the...
by Margie Meacham | Oct 20, 2017 | LearningToGo Blog
“The shoemaker’s children always go barefoot.” – Proverb The saying goes back at least to the Middle Ages. It indicates that professionals like us often don’t bestow our greatest gifts on ourselves. The Hippocampus and Spatial Reasoning The hippocampus is a remarkable...
by Margie Meacham | Oct 5, 2017 | Events, LearningToGo Blog
I am so excited to receive the “100 Most Talented Global Training & Development Leaders” award from the World Training & Development Congress. Each year, the selection committee searches the globe for a shortlist of individuals who are doing “extraordinary...
by Margie Meacham | Oct 2, 2017 | LearningToGo Blog
When I first wrote this post, I knew that there would be more terror, more deaths and more sorrow ahead of us. While it is impossible to make sense of something so horrible, we can explore recent events by reviewing how hatred can re-wire a brain that was born to love...
by Margie Meacham | Oct 1, 2017 | LearningToGo Blog
I’ve been privileged to work with the ATD to design and deliver my live virtual workshop series, Essentials of Brain-Based Learning for several years now. ATD is a world-class organization with a wide range of services and resources for learning professionals at every...
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