Using Neuroscience for More Effective L&D

Learn how neuroscience—the study of the human brain—can help you create more effective training. Increase retention and engagement with these simple tips.

Getting Your Brain to Learn

• Using neuroscience in training
• What is neuroscience and why is it relevant to you?
• Challenges for designing and delivering learning
• Challenge: Busting learning myths

Boredom, pain, social isolation

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1. BASIC Ways to Reduce Learning
• A- Abstract ideas vs. concrete experience
Stress reduces learning
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Information overload gets you lost
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• C- Cognitive overload is exhausting
2. What Trainers Need to Do for LEARNERS
• How to make learning sticky
• L- Link learning to make it memorable
Emotions motivate and stick
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Attention is the art of memory
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Repetition, repetition, repetition
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Novel ideas are stickier
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Exercise for brain and body
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Recall, Review, and Recovery
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Stories transform data into learning
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3. Why You Don't Need to Be a Neuroscientist
• Six questions you need to ask about research
Conclusion
• Next steps