How Our Brains Absorb Information - And How to Improve Learning
Our brains absorb and retain information in surprising ways. Award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how we learn. He discovers that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically. But in order to systematize the process we have ignored valuable enjoyable ways of learning—like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. In his book Is sitting at a desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can changing your routine improve your recall? Can distraction be a good thing? In How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens, Carey answers these questions and more and explains how to improve how we learn.
