Comments on: Book Review: Brain Rules / 12 Principles for Pwning with Your Brain /brain-rules/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: Bradley Curry /brain-rules/#comment-233425 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:58:02 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-233425 I know this is a 2 year old review, but I just finally bought the book and wanted to let Khatz know that Dr. Medina explicitly mentions spaced repetition when talking about Dr. Hermann Ebbinghaus: “We now know that the space between repetitions is the critical component from transforming temporary memories into more persistent forms. Spaced learning is greatly superior to massed learning.”

]]> By: Robert /brain-rules/#comment-57280 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:01:02 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-57280 I ordered the German version of this and got it in the mail today. Just flipping through, it looks like everything was translated rather well. Also, I think it is formated quite sufficiently. Bolded titles, numbered and bulleted lists, italics, etc. So, it was probably, as you put it, an issue with the translator being a little too rushed.

]]> By: Maya /brain-rules/#comment-52592 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:30:26 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-52592 “I can’t wait till Japanese books start getting the Kindle treatment.”

You and the rest of the Japanosphere. Actually, it seems that the new kindle can display Japanese and Chinese characters, but the actual amount of J-books you can buy/download on kindle is currently something like 300 (literally). ;_; Which is of course nothing.

The second amazon.co.jp decides to seriously jump on the kindle bandwagon, I’m gonna be all over it.

]]> By: Mattholomew III, Esquire /brain-rules/#comment-52336 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:14:13 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-52336 Just placed a hold at my local library. This sucker is checked out everywhere, along with How to Make Friends and Influence People, which I hear is also great stuff.

]]> By: Jonathan /brain-rules/#comment-52329 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:27:38 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-52329 This book really is fantastic. I’ll be writing in article about it on my site sometime.

For anyone nervous about breaking the L2-only streak, this is the book to do it with. The rewards you reap will be far greater than the setback of reading in English. William brings up a good point that it just helps you restructure your life.

]]> By: けんど /brain-rules/#comment-52316 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:20:28 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-52316 I hope Momoko-san is tall ;P. But seriously, I’m gonna have to breakdown and find a Japanese copy of this book to read. I’ve put it off because I didn’t want to read it in English, but if there’s a J-version I’ll have to get it…or maybe just read his website, lol.

]]> By: William /brain-rules/#comment-52302 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:14:53 +0000 /?p=2308#comment-52302 Excellent book that had me redesign many aspects of my life!
I read it in English though.

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