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The Neuroscience of Learning with Tom Finn and Dr. Mark Williams
Could our brains hold the secret to a better world? Dr. Mark Williams is an Award-Winning Neuroscientist and Director of Rethinking the Brain, an educational neuroscience company that offers insights and information based on decades of research on how the human brain works to boost learning, productivity, and well-being. In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into our brain’s complex relationship with technology, why we seem more busy and unproductive in today’s world and shed light on the neuroscience behind learning.
🎙️Talking Points:
(1:46) How can our brain help us reach our full potential?
(3:53) What you can do to avoid suffering
(6:40) Training our brains to adapt
(11:40) Using technology to be more effective
(17:26) Are we all busy?
(23:00) Multitasking and automating activities
(26:08) Understanding the way our brain learns
🌟About Mark Williams:
Mark has worked with thousands of students, teachers, health professionals, and company directors keen to understand how their brain works, and how to perform optimally and maintain a healthy brain. He runs programs on the neuroscience of learning, the neuroscience of emotions, how our brains create our reality, and the impact of modern technologies on our brains.
He has an extensive academic background in brain research and teaching, and is a professor of cognitive neuroscience, with over 25 years experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. He has taught the fundamentals of neuroscience to a wide range of students, as well as publishing more than 70 scientific articles and worked at MIT in the USA and multiple universities in Australia.
He draws on his extensive scientific background to work with schools, companies and the public to develop evidence-based practices using neuroscience to enhance our education, work, and personal lives. His work has been highlighted in the media both locally [e.g., Mirror Mirror (Channel Ten), Our Brain, Magic and the Brain, Music and the Brain, Making Australia Happy (ABC), Sunrise (Channel 7), Screen Time is Affecting Learning (SkyNews)] and internationally [e.g., The Guardian (UK), New York Times (USA), Economist, New Scientist, Leading Edge, (BBC: UK), Science in Action (BBC; International)].
🔗Connect with Mark:
- Website: https://www.drmarkwilliams.com/
- Book “The Connected Species: How the Evolution of the Human Brain Can Save the World”: https://www.amazon.com/author/markawilliams
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-williams-4b401354/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDrMarkWilliams
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkWil93486024
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrmarkwilliams/
🔗Connect with Tom:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomfinnovation/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfinnovation/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomFinnovation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tomfinnovation
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfinnovation
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/TomFinnovation/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tomfinnovation
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Could our brains hold the secret to a better world? Dr. Mark Williams is an Award-Winning Neuroscientist and Director of Rethinking the Brain, an educational neuroscience company that offers insights and information based on decades of research on how the human brain works to boost learning, productivity, and well-being. In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into our brain’s complex relationship with technology, why we seem more busy and unproductive in today’s world and shed light on the neuroscience behind learning.
🎙️Talking Points:
(1:46) How can our brain help us reach our full potential?
(3:53) What you can do to avoid suffering
(6:40) Training our brains to adapt
(11:40) Using technology to be more effective
(17:26) Are we all busy?
(23:00) Multitasking and automating activities
(26:08) Understanding the way our brain learns
🌟About Mark Williams:
Mark has worked with thousands of students, teachers, health professionals, and company directors keen to understand how their brain works, and how to perform optimally and maintain a healthy brain. He runs programs on the neuroscience of learning, the neuroscience of emotions, how our brains create our reality, and the impact of modern technologies on our brains.
He has an extensive academic background in brain research and teaching, and is a professor of cognitive neuroscience, with over 25 years experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. He has taught the fundamentals of neuroscience to a wide range of students, as well as publishing more than 70 scientific articles and worked at MIT in the USA and multiple universities in Australia.
He draws on his extensive scientific background to work with schools, companies and the public to develop evidence-based practices using neuroscience to enhance our education, work, and personal lives. His work has been highlighted in the media both locally [e.g., Mirror Mirror (Channel Ten), Our Brain, Magic and the Brain, Music and the Brain, Making Australia Happy (ABC), Sunrise (Channel 7), Screen Time is Affecting Learning (SkyNews)] and internationally [e.g., The Guardian (UK), New York Times (USA), Economist, New Scientist, Leading Edge, (BBC: UK), Science in Action (BBC; International)].
🔗Connect with Mark:
- Website: https://www.drmarkwilliams.com/
- Book “The Connected Species: How the Evolution of the Human Brain Can Save the World”: https://www.amazon.com/author/markawilliams
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-williams-4b401354/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDrMarkWilliams
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkWil93486024
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedrmarkwilliams/
🔗Connect with Tom:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomfinnovation/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfinnovation/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomFinnovation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tomfinnovation
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfinnovation
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/TomFinnovation/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tomfinnovation