MOMKIN – DÉBAT : Les mauvaises habitudes

Total
0
Shares

Pour la séance de débat de cette semaine, Hajar et Imane ont été volontaires pour faire un exposé sur l’article “Can Brain Science Help Us Break Bad Habits ?”, paru dans le journal électronique The New Yorker. L’exposé a été suivi d’une discussion entre les participants, sur leurs mauvaises habitudes et les méthodes à suivre pour s’en débarrasser.

Voici le texte de Imane El. :

“The article we studied was about brain science and habits, and in order to simplify such a long article for our mates, Hajar and I Decided to divide it into three principal axes.

The first axe is dedicated to explain the habit as an activity of the brain, my partner talked about habits throughout history, references and quotes that highlighted  the nature of habits, then presented the study of the Marshmallow Test and the Chinking Theory. Right after her I simulated the process that the brain takes to adopt a habit or break it down.  

 The second axe is to explain how actions become habits, in which I presented how our habits are related to our environment, is a reference for our habitual actions. The next part of this axe was about the  quantitative study of habits by Windy Wood, in which Hajar explained the study and its results. 

How to hack a habit is the third axe of our presentation. Hacking habits requires focus and strength to avoid repeating them, or to adopt new ones, but at the end of the article, the new way to do so, is to hide the marshmallow, to avoid going anywhere near them. In a study, student were asked to dedicate studying areas only for studies, and at the end of that experiment, they found out that, the student could focus more on their work and could absorb way more information than before.

 

The participants, were interested and I noticed that they were following through carefully, so we ended the presentation by answering their questions.

 

The topic of our presentation, has been fascinating for me for almost 2 years now, and I was comfortable working on it, and I wish I had more time, or an other opportunity to develop this discussion, and widening the horizons and limits of neuroscience and the mysteries of our brains. 

This presentation was a chance for me to uncover such interesting facts. The discussion we had after the presentation, was also inspiring, the participants were not following along as I would have wished, but I can understand that the topic might be a little bit new and complicated, but I really appreciated the attention of my mates, and the questions they asked.”

Retrouvez toutes les actualités de Connect Institute

Recevez notre news lettre chaque mardi !

RECOMMANDÉS POUR VOUS