Rexi Blog

Memories are not simply nostalgic gifts from the past; they guide our future decisions.  To get another person to do something, you must plant a memory in his or her brain that gets triggered at the right moment in the future. Consider the example of Trevor Bayliss, a British inventor. Back…

Most people have seen terrible presentations. They have a common phenotype: too much information cluttered on each slide, overlapping images that don’t seem to be connected, and too much monotony. All of these things together make terrible presentations, but even separately they can do damage to your presentation. It has…

  In the above episode of NBC’s Community, one of the characters tries to help another with her presentation skills. This escalates to some interesting tips, like using attention-grabbing words to refocus an audience. This strategy seems common-sense; people will be attracted to the unexpected words and pay closer attention….

It’s a challenge to maintain attention on something for too long. Inevitably our minds wander and we think about other things. “What should I have for lunch?” “How many meetings do I have coming up?” “I wonder what I should do for my son’s birthday…” These are all common thoughts…

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by information. We see it everyday in supermarkets, advertisements, and presentations. In the supermarkets, everything seems like a blur with the seemingly endless choices and similar-looking labels. Visual crowding is a well-documented phenomenon where too much activity in close proximity or peripheral vision will decrease…