Neuroscience for Learning and Development

Stella Collins, MSc, FITOL, is co-founder and Chief Learning Officer at Stellar Labs. Based in Mechelen, Belgium, she and her team pragmatically apply principles from neuroscience and psychology to consult, design and build practical performance focused solutions with measurable ROI. She has trained thousands of learning professionals in brain friendly principles over more than 20 years in L&D.

Chapter - 01: Why neuroscience and learning are good companions;
Chapter - 02: The science of your brain;
Chapter - 03: What to do when someone says ‘neuroscience says…’;
Chapter - 04: The science of learning;
Chapter - 05: Motivating learners from curiosity to persistence;
Chapter - 06: Use your sense;
Chapter - 07: Attention, learning and why Goldilocks deserves recognition;
Chapter - 08: Making learning meaningful and valuing intelligence;
Chapter - 09: Meaningful memories: From encoding to forgetting;
Chapter - 10: Testing, experimenting, habits and practice;
Chapter - 11: Review and reflect to retain: Getting rid of the magic wand;
Chapter - 12: Stickier stories and food for thought;
Chapter - 13: Sleep and learning;
Chapter - 14: Learning to learn;
Chapter - 15: Your brain and digital learning;
Chapter - 16: The future is already with us;
Chapter - 17: The end of this journey and the start of more;

"It is a major achievement to sustain a book on neuroscience through three editions over 6 years. Research on Neuroscience is exploding, and ideas around learning and development are dramatically evolving to meet the needs of changing organizations in a changing world.
The overwhelming sense you get from reading this third edition is just how relevant the ideas remain and how useful the book is as a dynamic overview of what we know and, more importantly, what we should do as a result of this knowledge.
There have been the usual updating and deletions for this third edition, as well as an enhanced chapter on digital learning (as there should be!). However, what makes it special and differentiates it from the previous two is a whole new chapter on 'Learning to Learn'. It explores the area comprehensively for the simple and obvious reason that: 'The skill of learning is the gateway skill to all other skills.' In some way it is the pivot around which the book hinges and should be at the core of all learning practice. It is a powerful and helpful addition."

"Understanding the neuroscience and psychology of the learner is the key to successful learning and training, and this book falls within this approach."