“…Images began replacing words as the token of information exchage” (Restak 67). Restak feels that texts may not be as important in today’s changing society.

” Images reinforced by recorded sound, take the place of words, numbers, and other ciphers with which humans have traditionally communicated.” (Restak 68)- Imagesmay soon be used in education as the main source of information, instead of texts.

“According to a study carried out at NINDS by Marina Nakic, merely viewing violent or aggressive images such as those routinely encountered on television and in movies, is sufficient to activate the prefrontal cortex” (Restak 69). This could represent a startling number of people who may seem to be normal, but are severely affected by simply seeing a particular incident.

” When encountering images of emotional neutral or positive scenes the hemispheres remain in balance.” (Restak 72)

” While words on a page open us up to ideas and communication with others, images do not reveal ideas as thoroughly as words do and offer only elemental communication with others.” (Restak 74) Images would be interpreted differently based on who is viewing them, therefore, can have no significant value in education.

“The demands upon the new brain right now are increasing” (Todd E. Feinberg, Restak 40).  Society is changing, therefore we must adapt.

“It’s important to note that neuroscientists and experts within the field are increasingly dissatisfied with ADHD being called a disorder, they prefer to see ADHD as a distinctive type of brain organization.” (Sam Horn, Restak 44). This just goes to show that, even though right now, we consider ADHD a disorder, it is soon becoming another way of doing things, but not because we want to, but societal changes warrant these changes.

“In contemporary society, speed is the standard applied to almost everything we do” (Restak 50). The book provides an example of this new standard with radio or TV ads that mention the fine print at a rapid speed, this is important because it proves that this is the exact reason why we have to increase our ability to listen at faster speeds.

“While it’s true that we can train our brain to multitask, our overall performance on each task is going to be less efficient than if we performed one thing at a time” (Restak 57). This is very important to note, because an example would be driving and talking, or in today’s society text messaging. You may think you have it all down pat, but you are limiting your ability to focus on driving while performing these other tasks.

 ”The brain works at its best with the activation of different, rather than identical, brain areas” (Restak 59). This is a great thing to know because the point of this chapter is not that we cannot or should not multitask, but when multitasking, we should exercise different areas of the brain because there is no competition between skills.