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Aug 20

Boosting the Brain’s Power Into Old Age (Free Lecture)

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As we have an aging population, and many of us are moving into our later middle and elderly years, the issue of brain health is becoming more interesting to many of us, both on a personal basis and as a societal issue. Here’s some information in lecture form about some claimed techniques for maintaining and creating healthy brains into old age. Are they legitimate? You’ll have to decide.

In this lecture delivered at the Chautauqua Institution, author Dharma Singh Khalsa talks about “Boosting the Brain’s Power Into Old Age”. He provides methods for preventing Alzheimer’s disease and other brain related illnesses, and how to boost your memory and to become more mentally energetic. Dr. Dharma provides some nutrition and supplement suggestions. He claims that the days of declining mental activity during old age are over with, if people will make a conscious effort to maintain their healthy brain. This title is available on streaming video and MP3 download from FORA.tv. Continue reading →

Jul 12

Do You Believe Learning By Doing is a Superior Learning Method? Is Your Hamster Smarter Than You?

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If you believe learning by doing is a superior method of learning, and training, certainly better than old boring lectures, reading, etc, you’re in good (well, maybe not good) company. Many educators and trainers believe the same — that “real” learning can only occur if learners are demonstrably active. That is, you can see them doing something. Then again most trainers lack a sound education in learning and learning theories, at least to the breadth and depth needed to be competent in helping other people learn.

Here’s the thing. Despite the fact that most trainers come at learning from a humanistic perspective that emerged from the 60′s, they tend to ignore some human capabilities that distinguish us from animals. Animals tend to learn by doing because they lack abilities that we have. Hamsters learn by trial and error, primarily, and by the effects of reinforcement, but that mode of learning by doing is one of the least effective methods. Then again, hamsters don’t have many other options. And yet again, again, a wrong move in the learning by doing might result in the hamster’s demise.

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