Elena Benito knows how important movement can be in helping us to understand something difficult we are trying to learn. Elena advises: “When you don’t understand some item you are studying, maybe a mathematical formula, or a really long sentence . . . just write it down, once, twice . . . Sometimes this helps you make sense of it. Writing it down can help you jump mental barriers and install the information deeply in another place in our brains where it is processed differently.” Next time you encounter something you find difficult to understand, try Elena’s trick. Write it down!
