by Margie Meacham | Jan 28, 2016 | LearningToGo Blog
At the University of Waterloo in Canada, scientists are studying how we humans interact with our man-made environments and what effects these interactions have on our brains. They’re trying to figure out why some spaces attract us, and other spaces don’t....
by Margie Meacham | Jan 22, 2016 | LearningToGo Blog
In a previous post, we looked at leadership and how leaders can use their understanding of neuroscience to build a relationship with their followers. The “herd instinct” is another aspect of the leader-follower relationship that is illuminated by...
by Margie Meacham | Jan 21, 2016 | LearningToGo Blog
Matthew Donovan of GP Strategies gave a webinar on the Neuroscience of Learning. Of course I was interested so I joined the session. Imagine my surprise when he mentioned my book right up there with works by David Rock, John Medina and Will Thalheimer! I’m...
by Margie Meacham | Jan 15, 2016 | LearningToGo Blog
In January we celebrate the birthday of Hermann Ebbinghaus, the psychologist who discovered the learning curve, the forgetting curve, the spacing effect and several other fundamental behaviors of human learning. As a learning professional, you probably use his work...
by Margie Meacham | Jan 8, 2016 | LearningToGo Blog
Every time we experience an explosion of technological capabilities, we humans are faced with new choices to make. For example, when the first successful heart transplants were performed in the late 1960s, questions about ethical considerations arose: “How will...
by Margie Meacham | Dec 11, 2015 | LearningToGo Blog
Think about the last major purchase decision you made. You probably conducted careful research, compared feature sets, searched for product reviews, sought out the opinion of friends and colleagues, and ultimately, made what you consider to be a logical decision. At...
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