PSA: Cramming and memorizing isn’t identical to learning and understanding.
Here, learn strategies for long-term learning by engaging key cognitive systems.
And to stick, they require us to engage our emotional energy.
Put simply, working memory is the window in which we remember things for the day-to-day.
Its here in the basement that differentneurological systems come into playfor committing information to long-term memory via learn.
And think back to what we discussed regarding people having different temperaments at the bottom of the brain.
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The PLAY system helps people learn through exploration, and can create resilience and social joy.
Our positive emotions make our reactions more sticky to our memory.
The emotional instincts show up in our body sensations and visceral experiences.
We must care, whether negatively or positively reinforced, to commit learnings to our long-term memory.
Seek out solutions
Being curious and engaging can allow for long-term learning by way of engaging the SEEKING system.
Use those feelings as fuel for researching tools for self-education.
Eliminate negative feelings around self-blame and judgment
Dr.
Wise recommends this because negative emotions can become road blocks to learning.
Anti-racism is not the same as long division, of course.
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to the act of self-education can similarly provide a support paralysis.
This is a cognitive block that stops the processes of learning and understanding.
Takingafter-actioncan help embed genuine understanding of the material in your mind.
Often, this is done in the form of a review, but it can take other forms.
Below are a few ideas for after-actions that allies to the Black community can take.
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