Patrick McAndrew

Are you struggling to focus while you study or work from home? We often try to push again our brain when we want to focus which can make our attention even more fragmented and weaken our focus further. The key to improving your focus is to understand what is happening within your brain when you try to commit your attention to one thing. Once you understand that it makes it much easier to stay grounded when a thought pops into the mind that tries to pull you away from the task at hand.

Comprehension is central to effective reading. In this video I explore what comprehension really is and how to make sure you are absorbing what you are reading.

Have you ever tried to observe your swimming technique. It's very hard. You can't judge what's going on because it's all happening behind you. But once you know what to focus on it becomes easier. It's kind of similar when you try to make yourself read faster without understanding the process of reading. The way our habits evolve in both reading and swimming are in fact extremely similar and I explore these comparisons in this article.

We go through school being constantly informed about what we need to learn but never are we taught how to learn. In this video I explain some of the central concepts of learning based on cognitive neuroscience. Over the next 5 years we will see a dramatic shift in education and learning both in schools and the workplace and many of the new methods will evolve from the concepts I mention here.