Learning Inside Out

A Guide to What Goes on Inside the Brain as You Learn

https://doi.org/10.1142/10649 | November 2025

Pages: 240

By (author):
Kian Bee Ng (Society for Neuroscience)

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Our brains are built to be constantly hungry for novelty. With novelty comes learning. As we experience life, we learn new skills and knowledge. Few people know exactly what goes on inside our heads as we journey through our experiences.

This book presents in a simple and easy to understand manner the inside stories that explain the outside events. Each story explains the phenomenon that happens in our daily life by going inside to see what goes on in the brain as we experience life and acquire new knowledge. The explanations are based on evidence in neuroscience. The stories could be as simple as to explain on why you were not able to pay attention to the discussion than your friend sitting next to you. Or it could be as complex as why you simply could not lose that extra pounds despite all the effort, time and resources you spent.

Contents:

Part I: Know Your Brain, Know Yourself:
- Empower Yourself Through Neuroscience
- Knowledge Begins from the Inside
- Cognitive Awareness is Key
- Your Memories Define You
Part II: Making Sense of Brain Function Deficits:
- Your Emotions Need Attention
- Autism is Our New Friend
- Schizophrenia Makes Beautiful Mind
- You Are Neither Left nor Right Brain
Part III Optimizing Yourself:
- Gamify Your Learning
- The Magic of Mental Rehabiliation
- You Have Got to be Mindful
- Unpacking the Neurotechnology

Readership: The book will be of great value to parents, educators, students and self-learners who need to know more about what happen in the brain as you acquire new skills and knowledge. It will enhance the learning outcome and make learning a more enjoyable journey regardless of the subject matter.

"Learning Inside Out will supplement existing resources that have variously been referred to as brain based education or mind-brain-and-education. In my review of the existing titles, what I found disconcerting is that there is often little connections between summaries of what we know about neuroscience and the kind of pedagogical implications that can be drawn from them. What is useful about this book is that it promises to provide information, which can be very technical in nature, in a format that is easy to understand and from which parents, teachers, and perhaps even children can refer to in reflecting upon their own efforts."

Professor Kerry Lee
Associate Dean, Science of Learning
Office of Education Research, Psychological Studies
National Institute of Education, Singapore

"Neuroscience has progressed to the point that more in education and learning settings are taking serious interest in it, in the form of educational neuroscience. However, having taught undergraduate programs on neuroscience topics, I know how difficult and daunting it is for students, parents and non-neuroscientists to grasp neuroscience concepts, let alone appreciate research. Learning Inside Out is poised to make neuroscience palatable. I trust that Dr Ng will fill this book with cutting edge findings in the most interesting fashion that I myself will read from page to page. Anyone who wants to 'hack' their brain would have to read this book."

Professor Adrian Kee
Physical Education & Sports Science, Psychological Studies (PS)
National Institute of Education, Singapore