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If you embrace the need to nap rather than pushing through… your brain will work better afterward.

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…research shows that memories of stressful experiences are formed almost instantaneously in the human brain, and they can be recalled very quickly during times of crisis.

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The brain acts like a muscle: The more activity you do, the larger and more complex it can become.

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The brain selects meaning-laden information for further processing and leaves the rest alone.

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Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one at a time.

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The brain is a sequential processor, unable to pay attention to two things at the same time.

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…repeated exposure to information in spaced intervals provides the most powerful way to fix memory into the brain.

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…reading is a relatively slow way to put information into the brain.

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Research shows that the brain is wired to keep learning as we age.

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The greatest achievement of the human brain is its ability to imagine objects and episodes that do not exist in the realm of the real, and it is this ability that allows us to think about the future.

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