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How the Brain Learns Best. Easy ways to gain optimal learning in the classroom by activating different parts of the brain By Bruce D.

How the Brain Learns Best

Perry, M.D., Ph.D. Over the last 40 years we have learned more about the human brain than in the previous 400 years. Educators and neuroscientists have been trying to put this knowledge to work by transforming the information of basic and clinical neurosciences into practical insights for the classroom. In a series of special features, we will be looking at how the brain works and what this can tell us about your teaching. First, however, it is important to remember that all learning is brain-based. Neural System Fatigue Learning requires attention.

When a child listens as you say, "George Washington was 6'4" tall," she uses one neural system (call it A). When a child is in a familiar and safe situation, as in most of our classrooms, his or her brain will seek novelty. The best presentation, the most engaging and effective teaching, has all three elements.

The Bob-and-Weave Lecture. Brain Connection » Powered by Posit Science - Your Brain Health Headquarters. I remember my mother’s vegetable garden when I was a child, corn plants tall like skyscrapers.

Brain Connection » Powered by Posit Science - Your Brain Health Headquarters

I remember when I fell out of a tree and everyone from the neighbor’s barbecue rushed over to see if I’d broken a bone. Remember, remember… the verb itself is poetic, connotating the essence of experience. The notion of memory is so intriguing that we’ve come up with more metaphors for it than for any other mental phenomenon. Early theories predicted a memory “engram,” a literal text written by the body to describe past experiences.

Freud popularized descriptions of repressed memories, experiences physically buried in the depths of the subconscious. Fundamentally, memory represents a change in who we are. How Human Memory Works" The more you know about your memory, the better you'll understand how you can improve it.

How Human Memory Works"

Here's a basic overview of how your memory works and how aging affects your ability to remember. Your baby's first cry...the taste of your grandmother's molasses cookies...the scent of an ocean breeze. These are memories that make up the ongoing experience of your life -- they provide you with a sense of self. They're what make you feel comfortable with familiar people and surroundings, tie your past with your present, and provide a framework for the future. In a profound way, it is our collective set of memories -- our "memory" as a whole -- that makes us who we are. Most people talk about memory as if it were a thing they have, like bad eyes or a good head of hair. What About The Mind? Mind Relaxation Techniques - Foundation For Well Being. Article # 4: What about the Mind?

What About The Mind? Mind Relaxation Techniques - Foundation For Well Being

Part I. How Your Brain Works" Every animal you can think of -- mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians -- has a brain.

How Your Brain Works"

But the human brain is unique. Although it's not the largest, it gives us the power to speak, imagine and problem solve. It is truly an amazing organ. The brain performs an incredible number of tasks including the following: It controls body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and breathing.It accepts a flood of information about the world around you from your various senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching).It handles your physical movement when walking, talking, standing or sitting.It lets you think, dream, reason and experience emotions.

All of these tasks are coordinated, controlled and regulated by an organ that is about the size of a small head of cauliflower. Your brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves make up a complex, integrated information-processing and control system known as your central nervous system. Understanding How The Brain Learns. How Does Our Brain Learn New Information? Content Development. We have known since antiquity that the seat of learning is the human brain.

Content Development

But it has only been in the last decade that neuroscience researchers have been able to go inside the brain and observe how learning actually occurs at the molecular level. New technologies like diffusion imaging have opened up the brain's inner workings and allowed scientists to "see" what is going on inside the brain when people are engaged in learning. The Memory Institute - How We Remember & Why We Forget. There are various theories associated with human memory.

The Memory Institute - How We Remember & Why We Forget

A great deal of research has been conducted in pursuit of a definitive model and for cures of memory related diseases. You do not need to have a scholarly understanding of these theories to benefit from them anymore than you need to know how an engine works to drive a car or how a computer works to use the Internet. However, a knowledge of some basic concepts will aid your overall progress and help you to understand why certain memory techniques work.

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