Week 1

Question 1

What does a pingball machine represent?

Answer 1

A thought. The your thought is the ball

Question 2

What does it mean when there is a path line in that pingball machine

Answer 2

It’s like a thought you’re familiar with. If the. All goes through that path then you probably be able to understand it

Question 3

What does focused mode mean with the pinball machine analogy?

Answer 3

When the thought ball comes in bouncing around in tight spaces in the pinball and if there is a path you will understand better

Question 4

How does the diffused mode relate to the pinball analogy?

Answer 4

When the ball comes the spots in the pinball are all spread out

Question 5

Can you be in diffuse mode and focused mode at the same time?

Answer 5

Naw

Question 6

How did Dali make his surreal paintings?

Answer 6

He will sit back in his chair with a key in his hand. He will try and fall asleep and as soon as the key drops, it will wake him up and he uses the new connections he made in the diffuse mode into the focus mode

Question 7

What do you need to learn stuff in relation to the two learning modes?

Answer 7

Your mind needs to be able to jump in focused and diffused mode

Question 8

What did Thomas Edison do to get his ideas?

Answer 8

He will sit back, relax, holding ball bearings while his mind roamed free then when ithe ball beating drops he will go back to being focused

Question 9

Is it good to focus hard on session when learning something?

Answer 9

No it’s not, it can be the worst approach possible . Learning takes time

Question 10

How do you gain neuro structure?

Answer 10

you need to do a little work every day, gradually allowing your muscles to grow. gradually allowing yourself to grow a neuro-scaffold to hang your thinking on, a little bit every day and that’s the trick.

Question 11

What part of the brain in related to pain?

Answer 11

Insular Cortex

Question 12

What is going on with our brain when we look at something we don’t want to?

Answer 12

It activates the insular cortex

Question 13

How do you procrastinate?

Answer 13

You first have an unhappy feeling about something, then you funnel your attention into another task, then you feel happy (temporarily )

Question 14

how long can anybody focus?

Answer 14

25 mins

Question 15

what is the pomodoro technique?

Answer 15

you set the time for 25 mins after that, few minutes of web surfing, a cup of coffee, or a bite of chocolate, even just stretching or chatting mindlessly, allowing your brain to enjoyably change its focus for a while.

Question 16

why is the word cow easier to connect with things?

Answer 16

it can relate to an actual thing.. which is a cow

Question 17

why are the words love, zest and hope easier to learn

Answer 17

it’s because they are relate to feels?

Question 18

how do neurons link together?

Answer 18

they are linked together through repeated use

Question 19

what should you do to learn abstract things?

Answer 19

you gotta practice more to bring those ideas into life

Question 20

what should you do when you are learning?

Answer 20

focus hard on it intently then take a break or change your focus so diffuse mode can take a chance work in the background so you can have a conceptual understanding

Question 21

why should you learn a little every day instead of all at once

Answer 21

so your neural mortar has a chance to dry, other wise it will look the mortar will not dry and your wall will fall.

Question 22

what is working memory?

Answer 22

is the part of memory that has to do with what you’re immediately and consciously processing in your mind.

Question 23

which part of your brain is working memory associated to?

Answer 23

centered out of the prefrontal

Question 24

why would I find my self repeating phone numbers

Answer 24

Repetition’s needed so that your metabolic vampires, that is, natural dissipating processes, don’t suck those memories away.

Question 25

what's an analogy for short term memory

Answer 25

So we know that short term memory is something like an inefficient mental blackboard

Question 26

what is an analogy for long term memory

Answer 26

other form of memory, long term memory, is like a storage warehouse. And just like a warehouse, it's distributed over a big area. Different kinds of long term memories are stored in different regions of the brain.

Question 27

what does research say about putting something from short term memory into long term memory

Answer 27

you need to revisit it at least a few times to increase the chances that you'll be able to find later when you might need it.

Question 28

does Extending your practice over several days does make a difference?

Answer 28

Yes because Research has shown that if you try to glue things into your memory by repeating something 20 times in one evening, for example, it won't stick nearly as well as if you practice it the same number of times over several days.

Question 29

spaced repetition is good because

Answer 29

it builds stronger neural networks by repeating them over a number of days

Question 30

how does been awake relates to the brain?

Answer 30

Been awake creates toxic products in your brain

Question 31

does your brain shrink or grow when you go to sleep?

Answer 31

your brain shrinks when you go to sleep.

Question 32

what keeps brain clean and healthy?

Answer 32

sleep is actually your brain's way of keeping itself clean and healthy. Fluid can flow past these cells and wash the toxins out. So sleep, which can sometimes seem like such a waste of time,

Question 33

what does sleep do more than just allow your brain to wash away toxins?

Answer 33

It erases the less important parts of memories and simultaneously strengthens areas that you need or want to remember.

Question 34

what does sleep do in terms of the tougher things you learn?

Answer 34

During sleep your brain also rehearses some of the tougher parts of whatever you're trying to learn, going over and over neural patterns to deepen and strengthen them

Question 35

how is your brain able to learn so much when you are asleep?

Answer 35

the complete **deactivation of the conscious you in the pre-frontal cortex at the forefront of your brain** helps other areas of your brain start talking more easily to one another, allowing them to put together the neural solution to your learning task while you're sleeping

Question 36

what do you need to do in order for your diffused mode to do work?

Answer 36

you have to plan the seed in your focused mode for your diffused mode to work

Question 37

what happens when you go over what you are learning right before you take a nap or go to sleep?

Answer 37

you have an increased chance of dreaming about it.

Question 38

what if you set it in your mind that you want to dream about what you are learning before you sleep?

Answer 38

it seems to improve your chances of dreaming about it moreeeeee further. Dreaming about what you're studying can substantially enhance your ability to understand. It somehow consolidates your memories into easier to grasp chunks.. And now time for a little sleep.

Question 39

what is a good thing to have when you have a lot of good ideas doing diffused mode stuff like running and showering?

Answer 39

take a notebook with you wherever you go

Question 40

what is a good time to get things done?

Answer 40

evenings when the hubbub of the day quiets down, and I get a chance to go into a, a more reflective mode, and that's when I actually get my best work done.

Question 41

Do you do two things at the same time ever?

Answer 41

Well, you know, you can't actually do two things, consciously, at the same time multitasking is, is being able to switch back and forth, context switching from one topic to another.

Question 42

what happens if you give the rat an enriched environment, in which the rat is able to move around, and do things, and interact with other rats

Answer 42

the strengths of the connections between the neurons, is much stronger there

Question 43

what are some examples of diffuse mode?

Answer 43

we all access this mode quite naturally when we do things like go for a walk or take a shower or even just drift off to sleep