Name: Learning with Passion and Enthusiasm
Uploaded: 2020-02-11T07:49:36.000Z
Duration: 3 min 30 s
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when new information connects with existing memory.

When we are excited or enthusiastic our brain happens to do that much better.

In a famous experiment American psychologist Hans Breiter put cocaine addicts into an MRI.

The effect of the drug excited the addicts

and the researcher saw a lot of activity in what's called the Nucleus Accumbent.

German scientists did the same experiment with young men and pictures of Porsche cars,

When they did it with pictures of a Daihatsu, it didn't.

As soon as we expect something nice to happen,

the brain releases it's happiness chemicals

the other neurotransmitters send information from A to B.

This connects new information from outside the brain with stored memories inside...

Unfortunately this doesn't mean that everything “fun” helps us learn.

but as German Neuroscientists Manfred Spitzer measured,

and we have to shop more to bring it back up.

This happens because the brain releases neurotransmitters in anticipation of something nice.

the dopamine rush ends and the information exchange slows.

Accumulating new things therefore doesn't make us happy,

Being excited about something for a longer time or being surprised does.

For example: When we are excited to plan a trip with our friends

or when we have an unexpected and inspiring conversation with a stranger,

our brain releases neurotransmitters in abundance

and we start recording with all our senses in high definition.

The synapses add existing footage from the long-term memory

to make it a creative and memorable experience.

even argues that young children can learn multiple languages and so many other things,

mainly because of their ability to be excited.

And most are excited about everything until they get held back

to follow their interest by the expectations of their parents or schools.

When learning a new language in a boring class at age 35 however,

Prof. Hüther believes any 75-year old Chinese man,

who falls in love with a young 65-year old British lady,

If you are able to constantly learn new things in an exciting way,

the chemicals released in your brain are likely to outlive the pleasures of drugs or shopping.

It seems as if happiness and learning not only come from the same region in our brain,

Is learning a side product of enthusiasm?

Or can we learn without passion or interest?

Share your thoughts in the comment below!