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James Ranni

Sitting Quietly, Doing Something - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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cognitive alteration of mood meditation health

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  • So how did he get that way? Apparently, the same way you get to Carnegie Hall. Practice.
  • One flavor of happiness at which Rinpoche seems to excel has been well-studied by scientists specializing in how emotions operate in our brains.
  • who heads the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin, has found one distinct brain profile for happiness. As Davidson’s laboratory has reported, when we are in distress, the brain shows high activation levels in the right prefrontal area and the amygdala. But when we are in an upbeat mood, the right side quiets and the left prefrontal area stirs. When showing this brain pattern, people report feeling, as Davidson put it to me, “positively engaged, goal-directed, enthusiastic, and energetic.”
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  • One of the first findings from the research showed that when these adepts meditated on compassion, their left prefrontal areas jumped in activity an average 100 percent — by contrast a control group who were taught the same meditation practice showed an increase of just 10 percent. Two of the adepts had spectacular increases, in the 700-to-800-percent range, in key neural zones for good feeling. The more lifetime hours of practice, the greater the increases tended to be. All this seems to confirm the idea that in the realm of positive moods, as in nearly every endeavor, worldly or spiritual, practice matters.
  • Watch a talk by Professor Richard Davidson on mapping the brain activity of monks.
  • James Ranni on 17 Jul 09
     
    Meditation to achieve happiness through alteration of brain function.
Heather Kurto

BBC NEWS | Health | Internet use 'good for the brain' - 0 views

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learning online

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  • A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulated centres in the brain that controlled decision-making and complex reasoning
  • "Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function."
  • The researchers said that, compared to simple reading, the internet's wealth of choices required people to make decisions about what to click on in order to get the relevant informat
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  • "A simple, everyday task like searching the web appears to enhance brain circuitry in older adults, demonstrating that our brains are sensitive and can continue to learn as we grow older."
Joan Erickson

Multitasking drains brain - 0 views

www.ccbi.cmu.edu/...iegoUnionTribune-dualtask.html

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  • After all, if you really want to listen to something, you close your eyes, right?"
    • Joan Erickson
      Joan Erickson on 07 Aug 10
       
      I'm skeptical about this, too
  • But when both tasks were done at the same time, the volunteers' brains did not engage the sum of the two, or 74 voxels. Instead, their brains displayed only 42 voxels of activity.
    • Joan Erickson
      Joan Erickson on 07 Aug 10
       
      sum of the parts not equal to whole, our brain is fascinating, how does our brain work?
  • map brain areas involved in high-level cognitive tasks -- processing sentences, comprehending paragraphs, formulating strategies, planning many moves ahead and evaluating uncertainty
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  • volunteers' overall accuracy did not suffer
lkryder

Ten Core Principles for Designing Effective Learning Environments: Insights from Brain ... - 0 views

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interactions learning brain based learning

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    brain based learning environments
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    Boettcher outlines design considerations based in Brain Research
Joan Erickson

Multitasking Splits the Brain - ScienceNOW - 0 views

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  • can't effectively handle more than two complex, related activities at once
  • results suggest that the brain can’t efficiently juggle more than two tasks because it has only two hemispheres available for task management
  • Joan Erickson on 07 Aug 10
     
    your brain can't manage more than 2 complex tasks at once---really? I'm not convinced nor am I skeptical, there should be more research
James Ranni

A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Probe the Brain - 0 views

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Module 4 assignment electronic brain stimulation

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  • James Ranni on 20 Jul 09
     
    Just an extra resource for students in deepening what's in the text on electronic stimulation of the brain
Kelly Gorcica

Overview of learning styles - 1 views

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  • Your learning styles have more influence than you may realize. Your preferred styles guide the way you learn. They also change the way you internally represent experiences, the way you recall information, and even the words you choose. We explore more of these features in this chapter.Research shows us that each learning style uses different parts of the brain. By involving more of the brain during learning, we remember more of what we learn. Researchers using brain-imaging technologies have been able to find out the key areas of the brain responsible for each learning style.
  • Kelly Gorcica on 03 Jul 13
     
    "The Seven Learning Styles Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music. Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing. Physical (kinesthetic): You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch. Logical (mathematical): You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems. Social (interpersonal): You prefer to learn in groups or with other people. Solitary (intrapersonal): You prefer to work alone and use self-study."
lkryder

Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Better Than Studying, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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tests quizzes assessment brain based learning constructivism knowledge studying nytimes

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  • students who read a passage, then took a test asking them to recall what they had read, retained about 50 percent more of the information a week later than students who used two other methods.
  • the illusion that they know material better than they do.
  • “I think that learning is all about retrieving, all about reconstructing our knowledge,” said the lead author, Jeffrey Karpicke, an assistant professor of psychology at Purdue University. “I think that we’re tapping into something fundamental about how the mind works when we talk about retrieval.”
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  • These other methods not only are popular, the researchers reported; they also seem to give students
  • But when they were evaluated a week later, the students in the testing group did much better than the concept mappers. They even did better when they were evaluated not with a short-answer test but with a test requiring them to draw a concept map from memory.
  • The final group took a “retrieval practice” test. Without the passage in front of them, they wrote what they remembered in a free-form essay for 10 minutes. Then they reread the passage and took another retrieval practice test.
  • we are organizing it and creating cues and connections that our brains later recognize.
  • But “when we use our memories by retrieving things, we change our access” to that information, Dr. Bjork said. “What we recall becomes more recallable in the future. In a sense you are practicing what you are going to need to do later.”
  • The Purdue study supports findings of a recent spate of research showing learning benefits from testing, including benefits when students get questions wrong.
  • Howard Gardner, an education professor at Harvard who advocates constructivism — the idea that children should discover their own approach to learning, emphasizing reasoning over memorization — said in an e-mail that the results “throw down the gauntlet to those progressive educators, myself included.” “Educators who embrace seemingly more active approaches, like concept mapping,” he continued, “are challenged to devise outcome measures that can demonstrate the superiority of such constructivist approaches.”
    • lkryder
      lkryder on 10 Jun 14
       
      I am impressed by the constructivist community realizing what a powerful study this is. I think this is an indication of what we will start to see as brain based learning studies increasingly show us what is happening biologically when we learn.
  • lkryder on 10 Jun 14
     
    This NYTimes article does contain a link to the actual study but you need an account. The excerpts though and the responses by Gardner was very interesting
  • lkryder on 10 Jun 14
     
    This NYTimes article does contain a link to the actual study but you need an account. The excerpts though and the responses by Gardner was very interesting. I will try to find access to the study in the library database
  • lkryder on 10 Jun 14
     
    This NYTimes article does contain a link to the actual study but you need an account. The excerpts though and the responses by Gardner was very interesting. I will try to locate the study in the library database
Heather Kurto

From music making to speaking: Engaging the mirror neuron system in autism - 0 views

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music autism

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  • mirror neuron system (MNS)
  • The involvement of this multisensory and motor system is particularly evident in experts, such as musicians. Neuroimaging studies using voxel-based morphometry found evidence for structural brain changes such as increased gray matter volume in the inferior frontal gyrus in instrumental musicians compared with non-musicians
  • Social and communication impairments represent some of the key diagnostic characteristics of autism
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  • Theory of mind refers to the ability to understand another person’s mental state, including their beliefs, intents and desires, as separate from one’s own thoughts, experiences and behaviors
  • Research has demonstrated a relationship between joint attention and language development in children with autism.
  • Besides poor joint attention, the communication deficits in autism may be related to imitation difficulties. Imitation involves translating another person’s action into one’s own, and is also considered to be a precursor of language developmen
  • We argue that this engagement could be achieved through forms of music making. Music making with others (e.g., playing instruments or singing) is a multi-modal activity that has been shown to engage brain regions that largely overlap with the human MNS. Furthermore, many children with autism thoroughly enjoy participating in musical activities. Such activities may enhance their ability to focus and interact with others, thereby fostering the development of communication and social skills. Thus, interventions incorporating methods of music making may offer a promising approach for facilitating expressive language in otherwise nonverbal children with autism.
  • Given that the mirror neuron system is believed to involve both sensorimotor integration and speech representation, it is likely to underlie some of the communication deficits in individuals with autism spectrum disorder
  • Music is a unique, multi-modal stimulus that involves the processing of simultaneous visual, auditory, somatosensory, and motoric information; in music making, this information is used to execute and control motor actions
  • It has long been noted that children with autism thoroughly enjoy the process of making and learning music
  • 112. Trevarthen C, Aitken K, Paoudi D, Robarts J. Children with Autism. Jessica Kingsley Publishers; London: 1996.
  • 112. Trevarthen C, Aitken K, Paoudi D, Robarts J. Children with Autism. Jessica Kingsley Publishers; London: 1996.
  • Heather Kurto on 12 Jun 13
     
    Wigram T. Indications in music therapy: evidence from assessment that can identify the expectations of music therapy as a treatment for autistic spec trum disorder (ASD): meeting the challenge of evidence based practice. Br J Music Ther. 2002;16:11-28.
Joan McCabe

Attention Spans Have Dropped from 12 Minutes to 5 Minutes - How Social Media is Ruining... - 0 views

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attention social media

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    Describing the effect on the brain of social media and how detrimental it is to our attention spans. Some interesting facts.
Anneke Chodan

Where Are My Keys I Lost My Phone - 0 views

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adhd

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  • Anneke Chodan on 26 Jul 12
     
    A very good description of what it's like to have a brain that works (or doesn't work!) like mine does.
Daniel Hacker

Letters: To improve math skills, ban calculators in class - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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  • Daniel Hacker on 18 Aug 13
     
    What is not a waste is ensuring that students comprehend and can use automatically the basics of math so that when their brains are ready for algebra, geometry and calculus, the ability to understand is implanted and ready to go. Judi Buenaflor; Allentown, Pa
Sue Rappazzo

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learning_retention_pyramid education learning

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    Learning retention pyramid form Sousa's "how the brain learns"
  • Sue Rappazzo on 03 Jun 10
     
    Interesting visual of learner retention with different teaching methods
Mike Fortune

multitasking and its myth - 0 views

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multitasking myth

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  • Mike Fortune on 09 Aug 10
     
    This article debunks the myth that we are multi-tasking. The brain is actually not capable of multi-tasking.
Sue Rappazzo

ETAP687amp2010: Both videos - 0 views

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  • old school
    • Joan Erickson
      Joan Erickson on 07 Aug 10
       
      I know people like that, too
  • If a student multitasks while doing homework and does well in school are they being challenged enough?
  • being given ideal test taking conditions that will not happen in the real world?
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  • every new task that you take on “you dilute your investment in each task
    • Joan Erickson
      Joan Erickson on 08 Aug 10
       
      this has been scientifically obeserved; there is a higher oxygen concentration in the area of that brain that is engaged. The oxygen concentraion does not double when 2 separate areas of the brain are engaged. Each area's oxygen concentration is less than what it would've been in a single-task engagement
    • Sue Rappazzo
      Sue Rappazzo on 08 Aug 10
       
      A useful bit of info!
Aubrey Warneck

Neuroscience shows the value of taking a break from the national curriculum | News crum... - 0 views

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education educationguardian learning neuroscience taking a break in learning

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  • But the biggest message is that our education system is not necessarily offering children what their developing brains need. We know for certain what good teachers have often said: learning is more profound when it is active rather than passive, and that is that it is vital for education to be tailored to individual pupils' needs.
  • The other key message, he says, is that motivation and a positive attitude are crucial for learning - it is now possible to measure how fear and discomfort can impair a child's ability to learn. It is also possible to see the different neural circuits the brain uses for "extrinsic" learning - which is motivated by a concrete goal such as a good mark - and "intrinsic" learning, which brings its own reward.
  • One of our problems in education is that we constantly have to balance our images of traditional success with the possibilities in our evolving knowledge of scientific development," he said.
  • Aubrey Warneck on 18 Jul 08
     
    Benefits of taking a break in learning.
James Ranni

Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience, UW-Madison Psychology Dept - 0 views

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neuroscience meditation

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  • We are interested in both risk and resilience - why are some individuals particularly vulnerable in response to negative life events, while others appear to be relatively resilient? And how can we promote enhanced resilience? As a part of the latter work, we study interventions designed to cultivate more positive affective styles. One such intervention that we have extensively studied over the past decade is meditation. In addition to the research on normal affective function, we also study a range of psychopathologies, all of which involve abnormalities in different aspects of emotion processing. Included among the disorders we have recently studied are adult mood and anxiety disorders, and autism, fragile X and Williams syndrome in children. Some of our current research involves: Voluntary and automatic emotion regulation. Resilience in aging. Interactions between emotion and cognitive function, particularly working memory and attention. Temperament in children, in hopes of determining early signs of vulnerability to psychopathology. Social and emotional processing differences in children and adults with autism and fragile X. Mood and anxiety disorders. The impact of pharmaco-therapy and psychotherapy on brain function in patients with mood and anxiety disorders. The effects of meditation on brain function in adept practitioners and novices. Relations between neural mechanisms of emotion and peripheral measures of inflammation and lung function in asthma.
  • James Ranni on 17 Jul 09
     
    Neuroscience research on meditation
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