Neuroscience for Learning and Development

How to Apply Neuroscience and Psychology for Improved Learning and Training

Stella Collins

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9780749493271
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

In order to design and deliver effective learning and development initiatives, it is essential to understand how our brains process and retain information. Neuroscience for Learning and Development introduces the latest research and concepts, equipping L&D and training professionals with an understanding of the inner workings of the mind. Covering areas such as how to create effective learning environments, promoting motivation and how to make learning 'stickier' through the use of stories, the book offers practical tools and ideas that can be applied in a variety of contexts, from digital learning and in-person training sessions, to coaching conversations, to lectures and presentations. Neuroscience for Learning and Development also features insights from L&D practitioners who have applied these approaches. Readers will not only find new techniques they can implement straight away, but will also discover research that backs up what they are already doing well, enabling them to put convincing cases to budget holders.This updated second edition contains new chapters on digital learning and on the importance of sleep, as well as updated wider content and new material on mindfulness, learning through your senses and the neuroscience of habits.

Index

Note: Numbers are filed as spelt out, with the exception of entries for stages of NREM sleep, which are listed chronologically. Acronyms and ‘Mc’ are filed as presented. Page locators in italics denote information contained within a figure or table.

accelerated learning 7, 10, 66, 122

see also MASTER model

acetylcholine 24, 55, 155, 156, 229, 231, 239

acrostics 163–64

action plans 41, 196, 197

actions 175

acute partial sleep deprivation 231

adenosine 223, 229, 233, 237

adenosine triphosphate (ATP) 229, 232

ADHD drugs 267

adolescents 144–45, 235

adrenaline 24, 76, 116, 119, 182

AEIOU questions 136

age 33–34, 59

AI (artificial intelligence) 243, 255

alcohol 165

alpha brainwaves 26, 82, 124, 197, 224

Alzheimer’s disease 24, 55, 223, 226, 228, 266, 267

American Academy of Sleep Medicine 224

amygdala 21, 58, 76, 173, 206, 232, 263

and memory 154, 163, 164

and senses 107, 108

amyloid proteins 226

anchors 88, 108, 161–62, 163

angular gyrus 71

anterior cingulate cortex 46, 117, 121, 137, 143, 173, 251

anterior cingulate gyrus 173

anti-histamine tablets 230

apps 77, 176, 195, 248

Archimedes 15

arousal 24, 98, 103, 115–16, 118–19, 120, 170, 173, 230

Artist, The 37, 39

Aserinksy, Eugene 223

Ashton, Ben 40–41

Ashton, Helen 218–19

association area 96, 137

associative learning 28, 55, 61–62, 107, 108–09, 231

associative visual cortex 71

ATP 229, 232

attention 76–79, 84, 114–28, 139, 232–33, ...