The Agile Brain: How Cognitive Flexibility Works

Solving problems often forces us to juggle lots of information and quickly adapt to new circumstances. In this video, I’ll give an overview of one brain function that is critical to this ability: cognitive flexibility.
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[@CFury04]

👏 great informal video. Thank you for the educational knowledge.

[@senseofmindshow]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@yoshuamarquez1179]

Thanks a lot for this video! I think is the most informative I found about the subject. Is simply beautiful to get an idea of how complex adapting to new contexts is. I couldn't find the "more actionable" video you talked about yet, but i won't lose hope

[@senseofmindshow]

Glad it was helpful! Here’s the link to that video I mentioned: Use THIS Brain Function to Level Up Your Life kzbin.info/www/bejne/nl6Ve32Xp7eKjs0

[@yoshuamarquez1179]

@senseofmindshow Awesome, thanks!!!

[@animeshkumar1684]

Very well explained!

[@senseofmindshow]

Glad you think so!