Brain Rules - John Medina

This work offers a summary of the book "BRAIN RULES: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School" by John Medina.

John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist. He specializes in studying the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders.

In Brain Rules, he argues that while there is much that is still a mystery about how the human mind operates, "Brain Rules" are the twelve things scientists know for sure about how the human brain functions. If you have a better idea of how the brain actually works, you can then start to do those things which will help you get the most out of your brain.

"Most of us have no idea how the brain works. (...) We have created high-stress office environments, even though a stressed brain is significantly less productive. Our schools are designed so that most real learning has to occur at home. (...) The 12 Brain Rules are meant to get you into the loop and introduce you to 12 things we know about how the brain works."