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“We often praise 'the ability to multi-task.' While you can learn when you divide your attention, divided attention doesn't lead to aiding change in your brain maps [lasting changes].”

Quote by Norman Doidge

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Norman Doidge is a renowned psychiatrist whose research focuses on the field of neuroplasticity. His book 'The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science' has had a profound impact on the public's understanding of the brain's ability to change its structure and function through learning and experience. more

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“Because it is a 'use it or lose it' brain, when we develop a map area [in the brain], we long to keep it activated. Just as our muscles become impatient for exercise if we've been sitting all day.”

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“After the initial critical learning period of youth is over, the areas of the brain that need to be 'turned on' to allow enhanced, long lasting learning can only be activated when something important, surprising, or novel occurs, or if we make the effort to pay close attention.”

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