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The Brain

Brain Weighs 1300 - 1400 g Made up of about 100 billion neurons “The most complex living structure on the universe” Makes us who we are

Brain structure Cerebrum cerebellum hypothalamus Pituitary gland medulla

Parts of the cerebrum

Parts of the cerebrum

Motor strip and homunculus

Exterior Parts of the Brain Frontal Lobes – planning & thinking Temporal Lobe – sound, speech, LTM Occipital – visual processing Parietal lobe – orientation, calculations

Interior Parts of the Brain Limbic System – generation of emotions Thalamus – processes sensory stimuli – except smell Hippocampus – checks info in working memory to stored experiences

Cerebral Mode R I G H T M O D E Non V B A L L E F T M O D V R B A Logical Analytical Fact Based Qualitative Holistic Intuitive Integrating Synthesizing Organized Sequential Planned Detailed Interpersonal Emotional Kinesthetic Feeling Based Limbic Mode

Brain Transmissions Neurons transmit impulses along an axon and across the synapse to the dendrites of the neighboring cell

1,000,000,000,000,000 synapses Learning occurs by changing the synapses so that the influence of one neuron on another also changes. The more complex the skills demanded in an occupation, the more dendrites were found on the neurons – creates more sites in which to store learnings

How the Brain Learns Connections the brain finds useful become permanent; those not useful are eliminated as the brain selectively strengthens and prunes connections based on experience. What are the implications for teaching?

The Brain is a novelty seeker The brain has a persistent interest in novelty. An environment that contains mostly predictable stimuli lowers the brain’s interest

Information Processing Model Learning Storing Remembering Are all dynamic and interactive processes

Information Processing Model It limits its scope to the major cerebral operations that deal with: Collecting Evaluating Storing Retrieving information The parts that are most useful to educators

How the Brain Learns Colleton County School District Administrative Meeting – July 28, 2005

How the Brain Learns

Thanks Ishant Sinha Shimla

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