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The Passions That Shape My Brain

Beyond my work in learning design and AI, I explore how the brain learns through motion, rhythm, and controlled risk. Two of my biggest passions—motorcycling and drumming—have taught me as much about neuroscience and emotional regulation as any formal training.

Why These Passions Matter to My Work

Both motorcycling and drumming shape how I design learning experiences:

They remind me that emotion regulates cognition—fear blocks learning, safety unlocks it.
They reinforce the power of practice, rhythm, and repetition spaced over time.
They show me that the brain learns best when the body is involved.
They help me stay grounded, creative, and deeply connected to how humans actually learn.

My passions are not hobbies—they are laboratories of human learning.

Motorcycling: Mastering Fear, Focus & Curves

Riding a motorcycle is a full-body learning experience. It demands emotional regulation, quick decision-making, and deep awareness of how the brain processes fear.

I’m fascinated by the neuroscience behind riding, especially “The Bible of Cornering” (“La Biblia de las Curvas”), which explains how the brain misinterprets speed, risk, and visual focus on a motorcycle. When riding, your eyes leadyour body, and your brain follows. If fear takes over, your visual field narrows, you target-fixate, and your body unconsciously stiffens—exactly what increases danger.

Learning to ride well is learning to retrain your brain:

to manage fear instead of suppressing it,
to widen your perception instead of freezing,
and to trust muscle memory even under pressure.

Motorcycling is my reminder that learning is a dance between emotion and cognition—and that mastering fear is part of mastering any skill.

Drumming: Rhythm, Motor Learning & Neural Plasticity

Drumming is my moving meditation. It strengthens coordination, timing, bilateral neural activation, and sustained attention.

When you learn drums, your brain builds complex neural pathways across both hemispheres:

motor cortex (movement),
cerebellum (precision),
auditory cortex (timing),
and the prefrontal cortex (focus and planning).

I love exploring how motor learning works: the brain starts by forming slow, deliberate connections, and over time—through repetition and rhythm—those pathways become faster, smoother, and automatic.

Playing drums is the perfect example of embodied learning: your body learns first, your brain adapts second, and eventually both move as one.

It has taught me patience, discipline, and the beauty of learning something from zero again as an adult.