Learning to Learn Overview and Action 1. INCREASE BANDWIDTH

Learning to Learn 
     Athletes train.
     Students train.
     Learners train and self-educate.

The 3 Barriers to Learning.
    
      3. Shallow processing.
      2. Forgetting.
      1. Slow brain bandwidth.

Action 1.  Increase BANDWIDTH.
    
     Positscience.com or BrainHQ.com
          Train for 20 minutes regularly until completing 40 hours or achieving 90 percentile brain speed score.  

Why.  Brain training increases bandwidth of network inputs into central executive.  
Translation:  Your brain has a CPU function that is limited by the speed with which your sensory peripherals (eyes and ears) and your memories can process information into new documents, images and movies by the central executive.

How. Your muscles are made of units called fibers.  Light loads are lifted by a few fibers.  Heavy loads by many fibers.  Lifting moderate to heavy loads stress groups of fibers which respond by growing stronger.  Weight training leads to stronger, faster muscle function.  Athletes train to gain muscle strength and speed.  Athletes goal is to become too strong and too fast to finish second to none in competition. 
Your brain is made of units called nerve networks.  Learning moderate to heavy "loads" stresses parallel groups to become a team of parallel processors that become faster due to thickening of the nerve insulation layer called myelin.  The thicker insulation creates speed for each unit of the processing team. Learners goal is to become too strong (more, less fatiguable units) too fast (more insulated) to finish second to none in learning rate.

What. Intensity of learning is power, focus, concentration, endurance from beginning to end of the learning period.  The amount learned per unit time is more than baseline because "stronger and faster" nerve networks are processing more inputs into higher definition documents, images and movies.


BANDWIDTH is the primary difference between the fast, medium and slow learners.  It correlates with IQ = Working memory = Central Executive Function.

A study in 2011 Developmental Sciences proved that students could improve IQ by 10 performance points with 16 hours of brain training.  SAT scores correlate to IQ such that 10 IQ points increase SAT scores by 140 points.