The New Science of Learning

Cramming will be stored as a long term memory.

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Connections of the brain cells help you to use prior knowledge to build bridges to new material.

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• False

Taking a nap is better than adding 30 minutes sleep at night.

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• False

Listening to music, texting, phoning, watching TV, or playing video games before sleeping make our brain ready for the next day.

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• False

Seratonine, dophamine, and endorphine are produced by exercise.

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BDNF is the protein that is released during exercise and that makes it easier for the brain to learn.

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• False

Carl Cotman used rabbit to discover dementia case.

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Aerobic exercise, 30 minutes a day and 5-6 days a week is the gold standard for improving learning.

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• False

Sleep allows your brain to clear space for new learning to occur the next day.

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• False

Chunking can greatly increase the amount of information you can process.

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