Brain Based Learning For many years science and education have concentrated on learning and the mind‚ but today’s neuroscientists and educators are seeing learning from a different scope – the brain. From this viewpoint‚ learning is creating links – by linking the information in which the student has prior knowledge or interest‚ the student is able to expand upon this and learn something else which he can relate it to. For example‚ in a history class when discussing Native Americans‚ a teacher
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Three Components of the Brain Did you know our brain is broken up into 3 major components? Within these components they’re even divided into more sections‚ each with an important job of the body. The brain is the most important organ in our body aside from our heart. To name a few it is what allows us to move‚ to breathe‚ to talk‚ to remember‚ to think! Without it functioning properly‚ we would literally in some cases be just like a “vegetable.” Our brain is composed of three major components:
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Although many activities and sports may be enjoyable‚ some may cause long-term consequences specifically to the brain. There have been several reports of brain trauma and head injuries due to certain sports‚ such as football. Research shows many individuals who have experienced the dangers of brain damage because of physical infliction during a game of football. The movie Concussion shows a forensic pathologist who discovers chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ or CTE‚ while performing an autopsy on
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University of Phoenix Material Brain Structures and Functions Worksheet Below you will see two columns: Brain Structure and Function(s). Items listed under the column‚ “Brain Structure” will list a region of the brain‚ while items under the column titled “Function(s)” will describe the general behavior‚ skill‚ and/or activity of the associated brain structure. Fill in the blank for each of the statements below‚ either listing the brain structure responsible for the function described‚ or providing
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Doctor- “A brain-eating amoeba” is just as horrific as it sounds‚ is a parasite that can enter the brain and lead to deadly inflammation of the brain. Naegleria fowleri makes its way into our body by entering the brain through the nose typically when someone goes underwater. It infects the brain‚ leading to meningitis‚ which eventually causes death. The infected person normally dies within a period of 2 weeks.“Naegleria Fowleri” is the genus and species name of the amoeboflagellate. This amoeba causes
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laterality of function means that one or the other hemisphere of the brain can perform or process certain mental tasks better than the other side. This is only true to those who have undergone a “ split brain” operation. The split brain phenomenon refers to a surgical processor that involves surgeons cut the corpus callosum that connects the left and right hemisphere. This surgery is done for patients who suffer severe epilepsy. These split brain patients reveal that the information it processed and coordinated
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body is? Just look at what the brain is capable of doing and how it deals with our daily classroom requirements. Our brain needs several very important ingredients to make it more efficient with our academic success. Shockingly‚ fats are critical‚ our brains need good fats. We also need proteins‚ carbohydrates and water. These ingredients are really necessary for us to process information effectively. We will now look at the way our brains work. Within your brain‚ a biochemical process of learning
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the Brain written by Michael S. Gazzaniga explores neuroscience that took place within the last 50 years. In his book‚ Gazzaniga begins telling his own story as a young neuroscientist who was developing a soon to be well known theory on split brains. Divided into four parts‚ part one of the book titled “Discovering the Brain” starts out while Gazzaniga wat attending Dartmouth College‚ and was moving on to Caltech for an internship. At Caltech‚ Gazzaniga got hooked on the idea of split brain research
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Brain Structures and Functions Worksheet PSY/340 Version 3 1 Brain Structures and Functions Worksheet Provide a brief description for each of the following functions: 1. Basal ganglia Controls cognition and movement coordination as well as voluntary movement. It is also a component of the corpus striatum and it consists of the subthalamic nucleus and the substantial nigra (About.com‚ 2012). 2. Corpus collosum There is a thick band of nerve fibers and these are called
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STUDY GUIDE: THE BRAIN 1. Approximately how many neurons are there in the brain? about 100 billion 2. What is a neuron? It is a nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals over long distances within the body 2b. be able to label its parts. Parts of a neuron. A neuron has three basic parts‚ the cell body‚ the axon‚ and the dendrites. A thin nerve membrane surrounds the entire cell 3. How fast do neurons travel? Neurons
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