by ldegarci | Jun 27, 2023 | Brain development
The brain is not designed for continuous learning, but needs some down time to process and “digest” what it is trying to learn. Throughout the day, our brain has natural lows and highs. Each cycle lasts approximately 90-110 minutes, and constant focused attention...
by ldegarci | Jun 20, 2023 | Brain development, Educational System
“Learning is easier to store, remember, and retrieve if it has an emotional base,” (Oberparleiter, 2004, in Lengel, & Kuczala, 2010, p. 19 ). Students who feel safe and respected are more highly motivated to learn and are more likely to be intrinsic learning. ...
by ldegarci | May 30, 2023 | Brain development
In the last couple of decades, mostly from the work of Michael Merzenich, neuroresearchers have begun to understand that the brain is not rigid, rather is plastic and capable of change until the day we die. In fact, back in 1949, Donald Hebb was the first to propose...
by ldegarci | Jan 5, 2023 | Brain development, Nutrition, Recovery
Neuro-inflammation is inflammation of the nervous tissue, and is associated with a wide variety of psychological symptoms such as ASD, ADHD, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Neuro-inflammation is a defense mechanism that initially protects the brain by removing or...
by ldegarci | Aug 14, 2022 | Brain development, Educational System
I hold a fundamental belief that all children want to learn and succeed in school, although they may eventually compensate for their learning struggles by appearing not to care or to be lazy. To a child to whom learning does not come easily, he has to use so much...
by ldegarci | Apr 11, 2022 | Brain development, Nutrition
I like to think of brain development by using the analogy of an iceberg. Behavior and academics, how well students perform in school, and how they behave, is what the parent and teacher sees. However, there is so much that underlines it. Like an iceberg, we are only...
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