Psychology

How much of our character is inherited? How much is developed as a reaction to our environment? Can personality change over time? Is there such a thing as a personality type? Are there some traits that are better than others?

I have a confession to make. I’m an addict. I love everything about–and can never get enough of–learning. I keep coming back for another hit, over and over again. I’ve been doing it for over 30 years.

The brain has evolved to be excellent at remembering visual cues, but not as good at remembering abstract concepts like numbers. To remember a set of numbers, then, we just need to convert them into words that we can see and feel.

I recently completed Dr. Barbara Oakley’s very useful course, Learning How to Learn. I gained so many shareworthy insights that are helping me to study and remember things more efficiently and confidently that summarizing them in a post made much sense.