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Neuro

Stuff backed by neuroscience

How to wake up every morning?

A neuro perspective to waking up in the morning. The schedule has been brutal for the past week. I had meetings from 4:30 AM all the way till 12:30 AM every single day of the past week including weekends. With just 4 hours of sleep I was finding

Demystifying the myths about our brains - a summary

Non-science & Non-sense As a student of neuroscience in ultra-learning [https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/ultralearning/] mode, I get fascinated by how neuroscience becomes nonsense when it loses neurosense. Neuromyths are a classical example of that category. > Neuromyth: A commonly-held false belief about how the mind and brain functions.

Neuromyth # 5

The aim of this mini-series (5 parts) is to explore the popular neuromyths and bust them with some science, some sense, and some anecdotes. So far we talked about myths around left/right brain [https://karthis.blog/left-brain/] ,how little we use our brain [https://karthis.blog/neuromyth-2/], how we

Neuromyth # 4

The aim of this mini-series (5 parts) is to explore the popular neuromyths and bust them with some science, some sense, and some anecdotes. So far we talked about myths around left/right brain [https://karthis.blog/left-brain/] , around how little we use our brain [https://karthis.blog/neuromyth-2/] and

Neuromyth # 3

So far we discussed the myths around left/right brain [https://karthis.blog/left-brain/] and around how little we use our brain [https://karthis.blog/neuromyth-2/]. Today we will talk about the myth around critical period for neuroplasticity. > Myth: There are certain periods (referred as critical periods) during early

Neuromyth # 2

In this mini series, we will discuss the misnomers and myths around human brain. We discussed the myths around right and left brain here [https://karthis.blog/left-brain/]. Today we will discuss the myth around capacity and potential of our brains. > Myth: We use only 10% of our brain

Human Brain: Misnomer & Myths

There are a number of neuro-myths and misnomers floating around about the human brain. The aim of this mini series is to debunk and demystify some of those. The first one I want to discuss and expose is this idea of left and right brain and its associations. Left &

How to learn using the way our brain works

You have been learning for a long time (K12, grad school, Udemy, Skillshare and more) but are you learning the right way? Are your efforts of learning paying off? Do you feel stuck in the learning process? Are you able to confidently say you know something? Let's try

Neuroreading

Learning how to read right can help you enhance your reading ROI by 10x. Here is a method that has worked for me after several trails and tribulations for reading non-fiction books. I call this method as Reflective Reading. The premise is we learn when we reflect on our experiences

In-Zone Measurement

Yesterday, I was watching Soul [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsLIiBStEs] (the new Pixar movie) with my little one. Somewhere the movie touched a chord inside me deeply. It was making me wonder about the spark, purpose, in-zone and finding self. This existential crisis is true for a creative.