Not sure if I’ve mentioned I’m doing a neuroscience training at the moment (which, btw, is quite challenging – turns out neuroscience is hard, who knew!?)
Anyway, we studied the experiment in the video below last week – it looks at memory, learning new skills and patterns in the brain and completely flips that old adage “just like riding a bicycle” on its head, thanks to one tiny change to the bicycle…
As I’ve previously said, I’m not great at riding a bike at the BEST of times. I’m now slightly obsessed with whether I’d find this easier than others since I’m so bad on a regular one?? (Let’s be real, I’d probably be even worse.)
It’s just seven minutes and I think a brilliant insight into how our brains sometimes remain in patterns of thoughts and behaviours even when we know better or want to behave differently. Doesn’t mean we can’t change, just that it requires a bit more intention and focus…
Would love to hear what you think. Let me know in the comments below.
L. x
p.s. so many of you send lovely direct replies to these newsletters – I’m away for the next week and won’t be on email :-) but I’ll read and reply to them when I’m home.
Wow, I absolutely loved this video! How fascinating!! I love things like this. The brain truly is so interesting…