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If you want to design with the brain in mind you have to understand how the brain works and not just guess

Many myths perpetuate in the field of learning and education and this isn’t surprising. Firstly consider that not only is pop psychology an incredibly powerful force but nowadays so is pop neuroscience. You know the sort of thing: ‘they have found a part of the brain that likes blondes’ or something.

This is compounded by science moving extremely quickly and theories being proven or disproven seemingly on a weekly basis (yay for the human race) but very few people involved in training and education a have actually undertaken serious study of the brain and how it works and so rely on the self-perpetuating trickle of Chinese-whisper-like facts that reach the frontline of the profession.

For me this came to a head when I read a post on a site called TrainingZone entitled ‘Engage the brain in the way you train’. Needless to say it talked about using toys and keeping hydrated and claimed ‘studies have shown’. This site has numerous guest bloggers and contributors often with a lot to say, much of it thought-provoking and occasionally evidence based. This isn’t meant to be derogatory as it doesn’t set…