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3. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Brain Weighs 1300 - 1400 g Made up of about 100 billion neurons “The most complex living structure on the universe” Makes us who we are

4. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Brain structure Cerebrum cerebellum hypothalamus Pituitary gland medulla

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9. Exterior Parts of the Brain Frontal Lobes – planning & thinking Temporal Lobe – sound, speech, LTM Occipital – visual processing Parietal lobe – orientation, calculations

10. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Interior Parts of the Brain Limbic System – generation of emotions Thalamus – processes sensory stimuli – except smell Hippocampus – checks info in working memory to stored experiences

11. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Logical Analytical Fact Based Qualitative Holistic Intuitive Integrating Synthesizing Organized Sequential Planned Detailed Interpersonal Emotional Kinesthetic Feeling Based Limbic Mode Cerebral Mode LEFTMODEVERBALLEFTMODEVERBAL R I G H T M O D E No n V E R B A L

12. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Brain Transmissions Neurons transmit impulses along an axon and across the synapse to the dendrites of the neighboring cell

13. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. 1,000,000,000,000,000 synapses Learning occurs by changing the synapses so that the influence of one neuron on another also changes. The more complex the skills demanded in an occupation, the more dendrites were found on the neurons – creates more sites in which to store learnings

14. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. How the Brain Learns Connections the brain finds useful become permanent; those not useful are eliminated as the brain selectively strengthens and prunes connections based on experience. What are the implications for teaching?

15. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. The Brain is a novelty seeker The brain has a persistent interest in novelty. An environment that contains mostly predictable stimuli lowers the brain’s interest

16. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Information Processing Model Learning Storing Remembering – Are all dynamic and interactive processes

17. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. Information Processing Model It limits its scope to the major cerebral operations that deal with: – Collecting – Evaluating – Storing – Retrieving information – The parts that are most useful to educators

18. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos,visit us. How the Brain Learns Colleton County School District Administrative Meeting – July 28, 2005

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20. How the Brain Learns

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