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Questions for all the knowledge workers here (i.e., people who use their brains for their living) here: 1. When did you get your first course on neuroscience a

by robg 3y ago

Questions for all the knowledge workers here (i.e., people who use their brains for their living) here: 1. When did you get your first course on neuroscience and how brains work best? 2. Did you ever learn in school a tool kit for keeping your brain performing at its best?

instagib 3y ago
1. Is there a free online course you recommend/link? I got mine from chemistry professor in high school. 2. Not in school. In books on my own. Most toolkit info was mnemonics and memory palace type things but few about brain health, focus, activity level, sleep, meditation, and such available on podcasts today.
Balgair 3y ago
Neuroscientist here: 1. Grad school. I came in as a more tech/physics applicant and had to learn it all from a fire hose. The canonical book is Kandell: https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kandel/dp/0071390111 https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kande... But, please, don;t read that unless you're a neuroscientist. It's too much for a 'layperson' This one should be better for most casual people with an interest: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Mind-How-Brain-Works/dp/0393974464 https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Mind-How-Brain-Works/dp/0393... Honestly? Just ask chatGPT questions that you have. It's more than good enough for casual interest. 2. Nope. Not even as a person researching and doing experiments. Most US based academia is firmly in the camp of 'beatings will continue until morale improves'. They ignore almost all of their own findings about the need for sleep and learning and spaced repetition when it comes to teaching. Culture is hard to overcome. Nearly everything I've learned about optimal brain performance (if you can even consider that a thing, which I do not), I learned from reading papers (mostly reviews) and random internet garbage that somehow ended up being true.

by robg 3y ago

instagib 3y ago

1. Is there a free online course you recommend/link? I got mine from chemistry professor in high school. 2. Not in school. In books on my own. Most toolkit info was mnemonics and memory palace type things but few about brain health, focus, activity level, sleep, meditation, and such available on podcasts today.

Balgair 3y ago

Neuroscientist here: 1. Grad school. I came in as a more tech/physics applicant and had to learn it all from a fire hose. The canonical book is Kandell: https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kandel/dp/0071390111 https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kande... But, please, don;t read that unless you're a neuroscientist. It's too much for a 'layperson' This one should be better for most casual people with an interest: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Mind-How-Brain-Works/dp/0393974464 https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Mind-How-Brain-Works/dp/0393... Honestly? Just ask chatGPT questions that you have. It's more than good enough for casual interest. 2. Nope. Not even as a person researching and doing experiments. Most US based academia is firmly in the camp of 'beatings will continue until morale improves'. They ignore almost all of their own findings about the need for sleep and learning and spaced repetition when it comes to teaching. Culture is hard to overcome. Nearly everything I've learned about optimal brain performance (if you can even consider that a thing, which I do not), I learned from reading papers (mostly reviews) and random internet garbage that somehow ended up being true.