The neuroscience of juggling | Mickey Choma | TEDxWeizmannInstitute

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Efrat and Mickey collaborated and are teaching a joint course for middle-school students in the Rama school for gifted and talented children in Ramat Hasharon, Israel. In this course they study together with their students the processes of learning how to juggle. They use simple visualization tools to follow the improvement in performance. This process of self-investigation by the students, using visualization tools, enabled novel and exciting insights about learning, teaching, motivation and success.

Dr. Efrat Furst
Efrat Furst, a former cognitive neuroscientist, studied human memory using behavioral tools. Today she works as a teacher, teaching neuroscience and leading neuroscience-based research project with students. She also teaches teachers and principals about the brain and the science behind it and the way this understanding can be applied in classrooms and schools.

Mickey Choma
Mickey Choma is a former fencing champion and professional dancer at 'Bat Sheva' and soloist at 'Kol Demama' Israeli dance companies. As a professional juggling artist he is the creator and teacher, for the past 16 years, of the course “Body Wisdom” at enrichment centers and schools for gifted children.



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