Why “Untrained Brains Are A Bit Like Puppies,” And How To Put Together the Building Blocks of a Smarter, Happier Mind

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2017/04/26/why-untrained-brains-are-a-bit-like-puppies-and-how-to-put-together-the-building-blocks-of-a-smarter-happier-mind/

As a child, I was convinced that my dad just went to work to play. My father was a neuroscientist at Baylor University, and his office was full of brightly colored blocks to test intelligence, books by MC Escher to study perception, and even a soundproof room covered in blue foam that I thought was for gymnastics (but later learned was for studying brain waves during sleep). My favorite room in the office, though, was a computer lab down the hall labeled “Play Room.” In this small closet of an office, there were three computer stations featuring the latest technology on the market. In 1985, when I was barely five years old, I remember sitting on my dad’s lap as he taught me how to fill a screen on a Mac Classic with a fence-like patt…

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2017/04/26/why-untrained-brains-are-a-bit-like-puppies-and-how-to-put-together-the-building-blocks-of-a-smarter-happier-mind/

As a child, I was convinced that my dad just went to work to play. My father was a neuroscientist at Baylor University, and his office was full of brightly colored blocks to test intelligence, books by MC Escher to study perception, and even a soundproof room covered in blue foam that I thought was for gymnastics (but later learned was for studying brain waves during sleep). My favorite room in the office, though, was a computer lab down the hall labeled “Play Room.” In this small closet of an office, there were three computer stations featuring the latest technology on the market. In 1985, when I was barely five years old, I remember sitting on my dad’s lap as he taught me how to fill a screen on a Mac Classic with a fence-like patt…

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