2. DO YOU KNOW?
THE number of children with poor mental health is
rising, with 20 per cent found to be suffering from stress,
anxiety and depression in the latest National Health
Morbidity Survey (NHMS).
The survey, conducted in 2011, said there were more
children aged between 5 and 15 suffering from mental
health issues or were prone to mental disorders.
3. 12 BRAIN RULES
How to function more efficiently and take care of our brain?
5. Rule #2: The human brain evolves
The brain is a survival organ – designed to solve problems constantly
The strongest brains survive – we learn through problem solving
Understanding
Environment – brain functions well in a safe environment
Constraints in Environment – anti brain environment disrupts growth
6. Rule #3: Every brain is wired differently
No two people have the same brain, not even twins. Every student’s
brain, every employee’s brain, every customer’s brain is wired
differently
Regions of the brain develop at different rates in different people
Everyone have their own Strength & Weakness
Unity and diversity is key to survival
7. Rule #4: Attention
We pay attention to interesting things
Human Brain has attention span of 10 minutes
Multi-tasking Is A Myth – brain can perform
effectively doing one thing at a time.
8. Rule #5: Memory Span
Repeat to Remember
Human brain can only hold about seven pieces of
information for less than 30 seconds!
To remember - need to consistently re-expose yourself to
the information.
Memories are so volatile that you have to repeat to
remember.
9. Rule #6: Remember to REPEAT!
It takes years to consolidate a memory. Not minutes, hours, or days
but years. - why PRACTISE makes PERFECT?
How do you remember better? Repeated exposure to information / in
specifically timed intervals / provides the most powerful way to fix
memory into the brain.
REPETITION is CRUCIAL to REMEMBER – Learning Curve
10. Rule #7: Sleep well, think well
While sleeping brain processes information
Feel Tired? Take a NAP
One of the reason 3PM meetings may make you
feel unproductive?
12. Rule #8: Stress
Stressed brains – UNPRODUCTIVE - HARMFUL
Brain is built to deal with stress that lasts about 30
seconds –longer period of stress leads to unproductive
performance
Stress damages memory and executive function
13. Rule #9: Sense
Stimulate more of the senses
Brain tends to remember sight, sound, taste, smell, touch
Smell is unusually effective at evoking memory. Eg: STARBUCKS
BRANDING from the Smell of Coffee
Better memory retention by invoking SENSE function
We have the habit of feeling things before buying?
14. Rule #10: Vision
We tend to
remember better
when we have the
power of vision!
15. Rule #11: Gender
Male and Female brains are wired differently
Men and women handle acute stress differently
Men and women process certain emotions differently (Eg: Anxiety
affects Women more than Men and Males are more severely afflicted
by schizophrenia than females)
16. Rule #12: Exploration
We are powerful and natural explorers.
Reason why we are able to learn at any age
Life is continuous learning process
Learning new skills is good for the brain stimulates neutrons and
senses