- People retain knowledge through story telling
- Episodic memory - memory of events, provides context
- Left brain thinking (analytical) is not a natural way of thinking for humans
- Harder to remember
- Doctors need to have both R and L brain skills
- Listening to patient stories can help solve medical issues/problems
- Drs. keep emotional log to help keep empathy with patients
- Procedural memory may be tapped during the writing down of these logs by the Drs.
- Americans record stories in sound/audio
- Record your own story at StoryCorps
- Storytelling is a skill that can be learned
Joshua, Marcus and Kurt presented "Empathy"
- Odiogo - web page reader that converts page content to audio
- Empathy is putting yourself in someone else's shoes to understand what they're feeling, understanding the situation, it's a holistic approach.
- It is not sympathy, where you feel bad for the person.
- Designers need to be empathetic so they can understand what a user needs and how they'll use the product
- Build empathy by:
- Volunteering in an area where people are different from you
- Eavesdropping on people's conversations
Greg presented "Play"
- Play will become the way we work in the 21st century
- Bringing game, humor and joyfulness to business and products will make them successful
- "mature manhood: that means
- Play a game that demonstrates real world physics - launchball
- Motivates kids to learn by play
Doris, Heidi, Yu-Fen presented "Meaning"
- Find out what you do out of enjoyment because it's meaningful to you
- Some helpful ways of finding meaning are:
- Spirituality
- Appreciation
- Relationships
Carlos presented "Symphony"
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