Andy’s Quick Hits (55): Breaks During Learning Lead to More Effective Brain Activation

Andy Hab
2 min readJul 30, 2021
Photo 157584987 / Learning © Psisaa | Dreamstime.com

One of my most popular quick hits here on medium was this one where I reported on research that showed that breaks as short as ten seconds can increase the effectiveness of learning.

This effect of taking breaks to increase learning is well known, known as spacing, and most people know it. But we so far haven’t known…

--

--

Andy Hab

Sharing fascinating, fun, and important knowledge on the brain and human behaviour - most days. And masters track athlete - still going strong!