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CHAPTER 2

Training with the Brain in Mind

WHY MOVEMENT CREATES ENGAGEMENT

Trust me, I am no scientist, but the topic of brain research has fascinated me for years, especially brain research related to how humans acquire and process new information. In fact, over the last thirty years, research focusing on the specific neural pathways used for learning has fundamentally altered many of our assumptions about the optimal conditions for learning.

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to ten thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.

Michiko Kaku, author, futurist, ...

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