Dr. John Medina will be giving his last ‘Brain Rules’ seminar on May 17 in the Dining Bay
Sofiya Lavochina
Staff Writer

Dr. John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist and author of the Brain Rules series.

Medina is a brain researcher and professor of bioengineering at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine.

Medina provides a high energy presentation using the key brain rules as he mentions in “brain rules:12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school.”

Pierce Puyallup started to have Medina give a fascinating seminar at their Arts and Allied Health Theater.

Trevor Eakes said that this seminar first originated on Puyallup and then Allie Hatch asked to pick it up.

Medina’s goal is to find out what’s really going on inside our heads with his 12 Brain Rules.

The first rule is exercise.

The human race walked everywhere in the beginning of time.

If they didn’t move quickly they became some animal’s meal.

Exercise also boosts the brainpower as charts show.

Another brain rule is science; the human brain is created to solve problems, unlike other animals or humans.

The third rule is about brain wiring; no two-brain wiring is the same.

Every experience is different for different people.

The fourth brain rule is attention, as in the 10-second attention span.

It’s a common fact that people don’t remember boring things, so if you’re trying to get someone to listen to you, an attention grabber is needed.

Fifth rule is called short term memory.

For example after 30 days you forget what you learned in a classroom.

Different memories are automatic and some aren’t; your first kiss is an automatic memory while a series of numbers and letters takes effort to process.

The numbers must be repeated 30 seconds after they are told to you for it to be on the way to your longterm
memory.

The final rules are long term memory, sleep, stress, sensory integration, vision, gender and exploration.

Medina explores each of these rules one by one in his seminar.

This seminar is going to be run by Denise Yochum, president of the Fort Steilacoom campus.