Posts tagged brain science
The Next Frontier Is Inside Your Brain
The Obama administration is planning a multiyear research effort to produce an “activity map” that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human brain, the most complex organ in the body. It is a breathtaking goal at a time when Washington, hobbled by partisan gridlock and deficit worries, seems unable to launch any major new programs.This effort — if sufficiently financed — could develop new tools and techniques that would lead to a much deeper understanding of how the brain works. The ultimate aim, probably not reachable for decades, is to answer such fundamental questions as how the brain generates thoughts, dreams, memories, perception and consciousness — and to find ways to intervene and influence such brain activities. It may also be possible to determine how the brain changes over time in response to learning.
MIND, BRAIN, AND EDUCATION:
AUTHORS:
CHRISTINA HINTON, ED.D.
Christina Hinton, Ed.D., works on issues at the nexus of neuroscience and Read more
KURT W. FISCHER, PH.D.
Kurt W. Fischer, Ph.D., Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and the Read more
CATHERINE GLENNON, ED.M.
Catherine Glennon, Ed.M., earned a Master’s degree from the Mind, Brain, and Read more
What does brain research tell us about how we learn and how learning, in turn, shapes the architecture of the brain? What is the connection between the stress of poverty and the impact of emotions on learning? To answer such questions, this paper draws on recent brain research and research in cognitive science, highlighting the positive impact of student-centered learning approaches.
Does anyone have this article on google drive or PDF somewhere? I would love to read the whole thing.
Experts Call for Teaching Educators Brain Science
A little knowledge about the brain can be a dangerous thing, and experts in mind, brain, and education studies are calling for more formal teacher training in the biological underpinnings of learning.
“We don’t have much neuroscience in our teacher training; most of the books available are from the brain-based-learning industry, not scientists,” said Paul A. Howard-Jones, a senior lecturer in psychology and neuroscience at the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom, and the director of Neuroeducation.net, a site that analyzes new research for teachers. “In the absence of legitimate neuroscience in education,” he said, “a neuro-mythology has arisen in schools.”
photo via flickr:CC | Ryan Somma
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Apple triggers 'religious' reaction in fans' brains, report says
For Apple fans, the brand triggers a reaction in the brain that’s not unlike that of religious devotees, according to a BBC documentary series that cites neurological research.
The neuroscientists ran a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test on an Apple fanatic and discovered that images of the technology company’s gadgets lit up the same parts of the brain as images of a deity do for religious people, the report says.
The first episode of the documentary shows Apple employees “whipped up into some sort of crazy, evangelical frenzy” at the recent opening of an Apple store in London.
Observers and Apple critics have long accused fans of the tech company of taking their infatuation to an extreme.
People have gone to great lengths to prove their love of Apple with tattoos, bumper stickers and home shrines to outmoded Mac computers. Apple’s cult-like following was highlighted in a 2009 documentary called “Macheads.”
A blog, aptly titled Cult of Mac, wrote on Thursday about Oakland, California, resident Gary Allen’s cross-country pilgrimage to Apple’s first store in Virginia to celebrate the retail chain’s 10th anniversarythis week.
In speeches, Pope Benedict XVI has said technology consumption poses a threat to religion and the Roman Catholic church. The holy leader told a Palm Sunday crowd last month that technology cannot replace God.
However, apparently it may inspire god-like devotion.
