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Chapter

3

Teach Your Brain Agility

Engineer Your Own Learning

KEY CONCEPTS

Environmental Effects on Learning
Emotional Effects on Learning
Social Effects on Learning
Gender Differences and Learning

INTRODUCTION
In Chapter 1, you determined your preferences for acquiring
information: visually, auditorially, or kinesthetically. In Chap-
ter 2, you learned more than you probably ever wanted to
know about how your brain processes the information you
obtain. Now one more aspect of the learning process, and you
will be fully prepared to tackle the techniques and strategies
we present in the following chapters. A complete under-
standing allows you to control your own learning processes
in day-to-day living and the learning you will be experienc-
ing as you read this book.
Not only do you have information-delivery sensory pref-
erences, you have environmental, emotional, and sociological
preferences. These characteristics are controlled by the retic-
1
ular system (physical needs and immediate environment), the

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