You've NEVER thought of THIS to align your team's brains!!!

What happens to our brain when we listen to a story?

We all love a good story but why?

Some research from Uri Hasson, a neuroscientist based at Princeton University, has showed some very interesting findings.

While observing the brain through Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) he found that our brains show similar activity when we hear the same story. For example, in a study five people listened to the same personal story told aloud. Before the recording begins, their brains show rather different activity. Then once the story starts, their brain activity becomes synced, or what Hasson calls “aligned.” After these findings, further research found that it’s not until the listeners hear a real-life story that high-order areas like their frontal cortices begin to align.

“The people who we’re coupled to define who we are,” says Hasson — but of course, that can have dangerous implications. Just one sentence can make a huge difference in how two listeners interpret a story. He believes that brain imaging shows us that it makes people with a platform disproportionately powerful.

One solution, says Hasson, is to make communication a dialogue, rather than a one-way stream of information.

Food for thought - adult education needs to be inclusive and to encourage contributions from delegates. A lecture style of training is simply not effective and is darn-right boring!!!

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