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foundation_course_students:learning_how_to_learn [2021/12/07 13:36]
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jake [Foundation Course: Learning how to Learn]
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-====== Learning how to Learn ======+====== Foundation Course: Learning how to Learn ======  
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 +//**<color #009bc1>Updated December 2022</color>**//
  
 ===== What this page is about ===== ===== What this page is about =====
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 === Combining the modes and timing them === === Combining the modes and timing them ===
   * To learn new material, especially when it is abstract, you need to combine the two approaches   * To learn new material, especially when it is abstract, you need to combine the two approaches
-    *  learn in short (25 minute) focused sessions regularly - with no distractions,(the Pomodoro technique - set a 20-25 minute timer and stop when it rings). +    *  learn in short (25 minute) focused sessions regularly - with no distractions, (the Pomodoro technique - set a 20-25 minute timer and stop when it rings). 
     * interspersed with spells of relaxation and reward      * interspersed with spells of relaxation and reward 
   * The two modes function alternately, not simultaneously   * The two modes function alternately, not simultaneously
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-=== serotonin and orexin ===+=== Serotonin and Orexin ===
 Serotonin Differentially Regulates Short- and Long-Term Prediction of Rewards in the Ventral and Dorsal Striatum Serotonin Differentially Regulates Short- and Long-Term Prediction of Rewards in the Ventral and Dorsal Striatum
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129114/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129114/