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The BrainFriendly Workplace: 5 Big Ideas From Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges
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The BrainFriendly Workplace: 5 Big Ideas From Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges

by Erika Garms
May 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
160 pages
3h 35m
English
Association for Talent Development
Content preview from The BrainFriendly Workplace: 5 Big Ideas From Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges

CHAPTER 6

Neuroplasticity

“The way we pay attention to the world can make a huge difference in the way we experience it.” —Gabrielle Leblanc

 

Our adult brains are similar to a three-pound mound of tofu in consistency, texture, and in weight. The shape is essentially “brain-like” (slightly kidney bean-shaped), but the brain’s shape can and does vary across a person’s lifetime and across individuals. What one attends to, draws more blood flow to the active neural networks associated with that thing, person, activity, or behavior. So a New York ...

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