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Incremental Learning With Short Focused Bouts
Adults should learn in smaller increments rather than making massive shifts all at once. Use shorter, highly focused bouts for smaller bits of information instead of marathon sessions. For instrument practice as an adult, about 7 to 30 minutes per bout is a significant stimulus for plasticity when fully attentive.
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“What they found was that the adult nervous system can tolerate smaller and smaller errors over time, but that you can stack those errors so that you can get a lot of plasticity. Put simply, incremental learning as an individual, is a very important part of learning.”
huberman · Learn Faster Using Failures, Movement & Balance · Feb 15, 2021 · 34:40 · open ↗
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