A great course with a wonderful mix of nuggets of neuroscience and tips and tricks to make your learning faster, stronger, and more long-lasting. The videos are short and crisp and do not beat about the bush. The subtle element of humour in everything, including test options, adds to the awesomeness. Wish there's a sequel to this!

Here I learned that different patterns of thinking and ways to stay away from procrastination and procrastination and how to avoid them and when it is useful

I thank everyone in charge of the course for the adequate explanation supported by evidence, and I hope to always be among your hardworking students

Thank you from the heart

It is absolutely great if you put your true effort on this learning how to course.You will know how to learn creatively and critcally without spending so much time on learning. I got many tips and techniques for my further learning and tackling tough subjects. I strongly recommend to attend this course. Thank you for this course.

Wow, what a well time invested! I am so happy I took the time to take this course and I am leaving with so much more knowledge and tools and techniques to tackle and study and learning in my next course and life in general. Thank you, thank you..... this course turned out to be so enjoyable and I will be recommending it for sure!

This course will definitely be a learning tool that will make any student of any subject a confident and more successful student. I would recommend this course to everybody, it was just awesome. The course was filled with so much good information, I'm certain anybody who takes this course will become a better learner. Thx to all

Best course ever on the subject. Barbara sure knows how to catch and keep one's attention and focus. I definitively recommend this course to anyone who is interested on learning how to learn or even someone who is just curious about the brain and the way it works when it comes to learning, memory or procrastination and much more.

Amazing courses, in content and delivery. I consider it a base for any learning journey, and I wish I learned this material 10 years ago.

I felt that every word was carefully selected to deliver the right message, even the optional interviews were very inspiring and added value to the core content.

Thank you so much Barbara Oakley!

Hi! Firstly I want to say that it's a great course to start your introduction with coursera, and it's a wonderful opportunity to try your abilities online. Also i want to notice fact that I have consolidated my previous knowledge,and knew many skills which will help me in the future to understand new material.

Thank you very much!

As a curious learner but always struggle to fight my procrastination, this course helps me out.The structure of this course is easy to follow, and it serves lots of useful information from other experts.I'm currently writing a blog post regarding what I have learned after this course an will spend the time to revisit this course.

Great course that goes into the reasoning and happenings in the brain during the process of learning. Provides useful tips on various methods to better learn, and also those to help avoid inefficient use of time. Offered some new perspectives towards my own learning, tons of resources, and last but not least, very warm lecturers!

The amount of techniques that we get from this course help us not only throughout our learning processes but also can be considered life-changing skills: on the moment that we are able to recognise how our brain works, we become more aware on how to master it. I hope I can use those lessons on diverse areas of my life and career.

I really enjoyed this course, the first weeks took me more time to complete, but as I started using techniques that were recommended, then I could complete lectures and assignments on time but also having more time to relax. One of the things I really appreciate is the "focus on process instead of the product". Loved this course!

This was a great course. It was my second time attempting the course and I'm glad that I was able to finish it and learn from it. I had read A Mind for Numbers when I first attempted the course and enjoyed it. It will be good to revisit the learning tools in this course periodically to continue to help me become a better learner.

Great course to get the basics of learning methods. Even those who thought they were "in the know" on this topic will learn something new — especially through the supplementary interviews. It's also surprisingly funny, in a surprisingly non-pathetic way (i.e. not like "oh an academic is trying to be funny <eyeroll>) . Good stuff!

Brilliant course. It was an eye opener for me. I realized how many mistakes I had done in my life when trying to learn things. I think this course would be game changer in my life as I would 5X my speed of learning things. And knowledge and speed of learning is the prime ingredients to succeed. This course gives you super powers.

I have enrolled in this course to get some idea on how I could do better when I am writing my PhD thesis. As I went along, I felt I should have the privilege to enroll in this course years before, because that way my learning since then would be a lot more effective. Thanks for all who are involved in this course. Regards -- Riaz

Coursera has broadly openned by mind on using different techniques in learning old/new material. I loved all the examples that were given in each of the videos, which made it very easy to understand. I definitely recommend coursera to anyone who is willing to learn wether young or old, its great information for everyone to know.

Great course! Training materials (slides, abstracts) were carefully prepared and well explained. Test tasks and their deadlines were clearly defined. I'm sure this course stimulates everyone's intellectual development. In this course I learned a lot of useful things and enjoyed learning. I wish everyone success in their studies!

This is a very good course. Learning how to learn is an important mental tool for everyone, especially those who work in a fast-paced industry and need to learn new things every day. The material is simple and clear, it's easy to understand. And of course, the instructor is an expert in the field. Thanks to Barbara and Terrence.

I learned a lot from this course. The material is relevant and the course is not too long or too short. The instructors are very good and the material is well presented and easy to follow. I highly recommend this for high school students and above. And for older people like me who are "going back to school". Thank you Coursera!

It is a very useful course that helped me a lot about how to learn. the course has provided wonderful techniques to study in a more effective and productive way. Dr. Barbara helped us to learn about how our memory works and how to study any subject not just related to our already field of work but anything like math and science.

Often we misunderstand the method of learning the things in right way, and blame your mental capacity of being inefficient to grasp. This course will help you to explore to break your mental barrier and makes learning meaningful and endorse the feeling discovering the right way to learn.

Kudos the team for encrafting this course.

Very interesting and informative course! I `ve got a lot of helpfull tips and methods that can be applied in learning different things and type of knowledge.

PS: And I finally understood why solutions to problems sometimes pops in my head after they were really needed. And how to increase the possibility of them being on time.=)

This is an amazing course! I found many new techniques that helps me learn better! Some techniques of the course I was using for a long time, but didn't know how and why it worked. With that new knowledge I can use it on purpose.

I highly recommend it to anybody who need to learn something new.

...but who not in this day and age?

This was a wonderful course packed with valuable inormation presented in a swift and consistent way. I will probably revisit the material presented here while I implement the techniques on learning during my studies. Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and everybody who contributed to delivery of this course.