From the course: Using Neuroscience for More Effective L&D
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N: Novel ideas are stickier
From the course: Using Neuroscience for More Effective L&D
N: Novel ideas are stickier
- Novelty is something we enjoy when it's nonthreatening. Children prefer new toys to familiar old ones. Rats quickly explore newly opened cage areas. And who doesn't love and remember a training course where something different happens? Novelty is also very sticky. You don't remember the ordinary days, just the extraordinary ones. It's also evolutionary adaptive. Originally, when we explored new environments, if we learned to adapt to them and survived, we were rewarded with dopamine, which made us feel good. This created a virtual circle, where novelty promoted better learning, is memorable, and becomes addictive. Here are five novel ideas you can test out to make your training stickier. But don't stop here. Your learners will need new novel experiences to keep them addicted to learning. They need novelty even amongst the novelty. Number one, physically turn the room around. You'll see I've moved to a different…
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How to make learning sticky3m 18s
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L: Link learning to make it memorable3m 59s
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E: Emotions motivate and stick3m 39s
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A: Attention is the art of memory3m 32s
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R: Repetition, repetition, repetition3m 35s
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N: Novel ideas are stickier2m 50s
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E: Exercise for brain and body2m 43s
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R: Recall, Review, and Recovery3m 12s
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S: Stories transform data into learning3m 44s
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