What are some emerging trends and innovations in learning and memory neuroscience that you are excited about?

One thing I love about the brain is that it has no "opinion" as to what it should get good at! So anything that we practice for long enough, we become "experts" at. Practice being depressed for a while, and your brain will assume that this is something you want to be good at. It will then dutifully create more and more circuitry to allow you to get depressed more quickly and for longer periods. Try it. Pick some quality that you'd like to develop and just practice being that way. Don't worry about getting it perfect. Just use your imagination. Wasn't it Einstein who said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge"? Practice being curious as often as you can remember for a week and notice if it changes the way you look at the world.

In trainings I begin with a drawing that I lead- and the learners follow, so they are drawing what I draw, line by line. As we go I ask them “what do you see?” As we add lines that changes over time. As we go- they are giving over the need to know, and being more open to be led in the exercise. The end result is never what they think. Then I ask - “Who liked this? Who didn’t?” And they are always VERY vocal- both sides! - I’m learning about my learners- by their feedback in real time. And they are becoming individuals WITHIN a living learning organism - which is the group itself. Like any living thing- no two are alike.

and sleeping well, exercising, eating real food rather than fill youselves up (we all know what I mean - only human!) and deal with conflicts in their own time, space & manner

Hmm, we are also doing this energetically all the time, I don’t feel you even need a device to achieve the same concept. In fact, I think relying on a device actually takes away the opportunity for people to connect , which is one reason I dislike zoom and computer connected classes. Give me my people in a real space in real time. Devices water it down. True connection happens when people are able to connect mind to mind- their brainwaves overlapping. That just can not be accomplished with a device standing in the way. That’s my personal experience.

i never quite understand this. what happened to being in touch with your body (and mind = step 1. knowing when your moody, sad, jealous, to hyper, stwp 2: learning how to engage with those feelings rather than as a monkey follow them all over the place. Please note: external behaviour does often, but not always, reflect what's truly going on inside). to me is being friends to and therefore working together with as the Holy Trinity: body/mind (ego) and Spirit/spirit (depending on your denomination). okay, learning mode still on - and am in my Second Spring (50s ????)

This one is hard for me - you really have to factor in ethics. Introducing contradictory information feels ..dangerous. On the other hand I’ve seen what things like Frequency Rebalancing - something I do with Sound baths with processing afterwards- are highly beneficial especially in Recovery, SUD, Mental Health, PTSD. But I’m not introducing any new thoughts- we are simply talking through what came up in the sound bath- this speaks back to the previous question-participant’s brainwaves are overlapping in the process of the sound bath- even becoming entrained together. In some cases they are in residential treatment so living together they are already coming in tune with each other - and the group is more open to share because of that.

This is a path best taken with a professional guide imo. We already, often unknowingly, have manipulated our memories. Enhancing the good ones is far less challenging than reducing the negative ones. You really need to get to the root of the issues and deal with them consciously.

Agree. I’m seeing the same thing in my work with sound and vibration. Then when we open up afterwards for processing we invite curiosity. Whoever speaks first actually creates the incubator and the direction of the conversation and healing. It’s incredible! Everyone is a peer in the group- including me. I’m the facilitator but I share as well. I don’t ask anyone to do anything I won’t do myself. We are all healing together. I’m humbled every time. And it grows all of our passion and motivation to heal even more. I love staying connected to my participants- wether it’s professionals I’ve trained, brand new coaches, or my drug offender peeps and recovery peeps. We are all connected by the work. We are ENTRAINED by our experiences.

It’s funny- I’m attending SXSW right now, and prior to some of the sessions I’m seeing I would have scoffed at this. Even contributing to the article I was like “Why would I do that?” But then I reframed it to “Why wouldn’t I do that?” I go at things a lot with a “Let’s see what happens” attitude. Curiosity maybe it’s having Autism - I view things from an outside perspective- while also viewing them from an inside perspective. As I said before. I don’t ask my people to do anything I wouldn’t when we are in the incubator. But my mind can view from inside as well as outside. So I’m participating & gathering data at the same time. I call that Autism/Intuition my “3rd track” it’s always gathering and sorting information, like AI I guess

LOVE using gamification to create an appetite for engagement. The secret is to identify what appeals to your users and make them engaged: is it points and badges or is it a discount to continue using your product or getting early access to products in test mode. I've used all the above in different scenarios based on learning what users value.

Ok, now this is something I’ve never thought to incorporate into my work or curriculums - gamification. I teach professionals who are sometimes multitasking during the training. This bothers me, but I get it. Adding the layers of badges or prizes could help them WANT to engage more. I send out journals, colored pencils, a crystal & eraser at the BEGINNING of trainings, they love it, like little kids. But offering things throughout training could be beneficial too AH HA! Things they can add to their notebooks, colorful markers, another crystal. THIS is a fun part of it for me- finding just the right things to incorporate- this could add even more fun for me AND participants during training to increase excitement and engagement - YAY!

For me the human element is the most important element, if AI can enhance that, great! I’m curious to learn more. That leads me to the question- can AI help make us all…more human? If so m here for it. Connection is what it’s all about - and we need more of THAT.