The Benefits of Going Slow

The Benefits of Going Slow

​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...
The Emotions of Learning

The Emotions of Learning

“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. ...
Neuroplasticity

Neuroplasticity

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...
Neuroinflammation

Neuroinflammation

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...
How Does the Baby’s Brain Develop?

How Does the Baby’s Brain Develop?

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...