tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.comments2023-07-02T05:42:08.720-04:00Brain, Mind, and EducationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-40428012153591810682011-11-05T03:34:19.355-04:002011-11-05T03:34:19.355-04:00The film is brilliant. The type of synesthesia tha...The film is brilliant. The type of synesthesia that you're describing is grapheme-color synesthesia. It's very interesting to me that some letters have common associations. For instance, the letter A is most often associated with the color red. I think this has to have something to do with A standing for Apple, and an Apple being red, but who knows.Infographic for Synestheteshttp://www.synesthesiatest.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-90239475664910458892011-07-11T07:16:50.191-04:002011-07-11T07:16:50.191-04:00@SG It's definitely interesting stuff, especia...@SG It's definitely interesting stuff, especially - for me - the idea that the physiological changes associated with learning and memory appear to be common across multiple brain regions. It would appear then that the resulting alteration of synaptic behavior is not so much related to whether the chemicals are exogenous or endogenous, but rather the degree to which the pattern of activity sets off a feedback loop that alters the expression of various membrane proteins.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-64488975492743816312011-07-09T11:24:17.139-04:002011-07-09T11:24:17.139-04:00I am absolutely fascinated by this line of researc...I am absolutely fascinated by this line of research. The physical changes at the synaptic level is a truly compelling find, yet it flows logically from what is known about what happens to the brain from ordinary experience without the assistance of a chemical agent. When memories are formed the synapses increase the amount of neurotransmitter released and the rate of firing. It only makes sense that addiction would produce the same results.Subconscious Groovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03136909764254576618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-43908721989643115732011-06-20T04:48:05.335-04:002011-06-20T04:48:05.335-04:00good content i like you packing but pleas always t...good content i like you packing but pleas always try to explain to ideas in full.<br />Thanks.<br />www.brainminded.blodspot.comolawoyin olaniyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263148448309467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-77495085228226514622011-05-24T09:52:42.934-04:002011-05-24T09:52:42.934-04:00good!!good!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-19362040977865091102010-10-09T10:59:37.042-04:002010-10-09T10:59:37.042-04:00I can see that there will be a paradigm shift in t...I can see that there will be a paradigm shift in the flow of information in the future. The open source movement is a glimpse of this new, meaningful way people are giving gifts upon the world. Hopefully soon, all scientific information will flow like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-42716241724916895602010-10-05T06:58:35.748-04:002010-10-05T06:58:35.748-04:00but why hasnt any further testing ben done on huma...but why hasnt any further testing ben done on humans or apes?faceater ;)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-20694620018799136932010-06-17T08:29:33.342-04:002010-06-17T08:29:33.342-04:00E' possibile che tale scoperta sia già in fase...E' possibile che tale scoperta sia già in fase di applicazione sugli individui? cioè un amico mi ha riferito che dei medici vogliono resettargli la memoria con dei farmaci perchè ritengono che i gravi disturbi fisici (valori ormonali, gh, testosterone, insulina...) di cui soffre e che lo stanno devastando siano dovuti ad un "errore" di informazioni celebrali accaduto nel passato...quindi resettando l'intera memoria tutto dovrebbe riprendere a funzionare in maniera adeguta e questo sulla base di un "test" fatto attraverso il distacco della corteccia celebrale per un tot di giorni che avrebbe dato come risultato il lieve ma evvidente stabilizzarsi dei valori...a me sembra fantascenza è possibile una cosa del genere?anche perchè danno come percentuale di successo il 100% con ovviamente però la predita di qualsiasi ricordo...<br />Aspetto con ansia un suo arereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-18919737955757579652010-04-05T05:42:38.879-04:002010-04-05T05:42:38.879-04:00I always had a good feeling about this ! I am off ...I always had a good feeling about this ! I am off to bed with my ipod shuffle (of course in the name of research)Dr Kevin Cooperhttp://onlinephduk.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-86111201866880383912009-11-30T14:44:59.064-05:002009-11-30T14:44:59.064-05:00Jonathan - I've seen this idea a number of tim...Jonathan - I've seen this idea a number of times recently including Andy Hunts - Pragmatic Thinking and Learning. Anyway I liked it enough to mention it in Agile Quick Links this week: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2009/11/quick-agile-links-week-3.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-5150885409759209792009-08-26T13:02:47.649-04:002009-08-26T13:02:47.649-04:00Hi Margaret - thanks for your kind words! I hope ...Hi Margaret - thanks for your kind words! I hope you'll continue to find my blog to be of interest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-55513236129903199482009-04-30T07:20:00.000-04:002009-04-30T07:20:00.000-04:00Thank you, Bob, for your kind words. Brandeis was...Thank you, Bob, for your kind words. Brandeis was an incredibly exciting place to be as a student, I can only imagine that the same must have been true as a faculty member. It's been interesting for me to reflect on how when I was there studying the brain I had no inclination that I'd go on to build a career in education. Now that I'm in the field, though, I realize that my experiences there were invaluable and deeply connected to my current work toward understanding and improving the learning process for secondary students. Given the high stakes and many stakeholders in the results of secondary education, I do feel strongly that communication is critical, and that the discussions on grading systems (while somewhat important) are peripheral to the more central need to improve our communication with students on what we want them to learn and how we want them to demonstrate it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-9238208923740513332009-04-29T19:56:00.000-04:002009-04-29T19:56:00.000-04:00Yes, Jonathan. I especially like your last paragra...Yes, Jonathan. I especially like your last paragraph. Clear, concise, and persuasive, at least for me. And consistent with that Brandeis University background! :) Kudos.Bob Heinyhttp://www.robertheiny.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-33276700667253399362009-04-23T07:54:00.000-04:002009-04-23T07:54:00.000-04:00It would make sense that the ability to forget som...It would make sense that the ability to forget something with selectivity would be explicable as a physiological process just as much as the ability to remember. Thinking about this reminds me of a line from Ani DiFranco's "Dilate": "i forget every time / and the forgetting defines me / that's what defines me".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-62382560583188074022009-04-20T15:34:00.000-04:002009-04-20T15:34:00.000-04:00Now, what about people who can erase their own mem...Now, what about people who can erase their own memory from a single thought?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-56670046315041896382009-04-01T12:45:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:45:00.000-04:00How could I resist? ;-)How could I resist? ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-29294850554716631032009-04-01T08:02:00.000-04:002009-04-01T08:02:00.000-04:00April Fools?April Fools?The Science Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846516022505481326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-59080959964111455502009-03-22T12:07:00.000-04:002009-03-22T12:07:00.000-04:00Seems like you had an opportunity for a very inter...Seems like you had an opportunity for a very interesting discussion.<BR/><BR/>When I go out and talk to schools about standards-based grading practices, teachers of grades 11 and 12 are invariably described as being the least "ready" to hear this kind of message.<BR/><BR/>What did you find with the physics group?The Science Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846516022505481326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-33199023521000573352009-03-17T08:29:00.000-04:002009-03-17T08:29:00.000-04:00THANKS.. for providing this arousing & informa...THANKS.. for providing this arousing & informative video. Bill Gates is not only a person for me. I'm considered him as a world known brand.<BR/><A HREF="http://find.com/education/college" REL="nofollow"> COLLEGE EDUCATION </A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-57327377246307032012009-03-09T19:32:00.000-04:002009-03-09T19:32:00.000-04:00Hi Deb,Thanks for "stopping by" and leaving a comm...Hi Deb,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for "stopping by" and leaving a comment. Brain Awareness Week is definitely a good way to get teachers and students thinking about the brain as the organ of learning, even though we still have a long way to go in terms of understanding the mechanisms involved. I recruited a few students at school today to help me out with planning and developing some ideas for next week - I'm glad to have some help this year, particularly from students!<BR/><BR/>As for project based learning and math - great ideas, and I'd be happy to help you brainstorm (ha ha) some ways to flesh them out. I think the best way to start is to figure out what specific math concept(s) you want your students to learn?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-26133099075657285372009-03-09T07:17:00.000-04:002009-03-09T07:17:00.000-04:00So, Johnathan, BAW seems to be a way to get studen...So, Johnathan, BAW seems to be a way to get students and teachers to consider all the ways we can learn! I am interested in using Project Based Learning to help my students have authentic, concrete experiences in mathematics. Do you have any recommendations along this line?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-53242277466734196222009-02-17T12:46:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:46:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment, Magistra! Our plan is to i...Thanks for the comment, Magistra! Our plan is to implement these ideas in the fall when the new school year begins, primarily because of the change in the content standards. In our current semester-block schedule, the average teacher probably sees about 50 - 60 students per day (though the number varies quite significantly) ... providing such detailed and individualized feedback for our students is definitely time-consuming, but I think we're already pretty acclimated to that level of commitment - we just want to improve the quality of what we're already doing. Students don't necessarily "test" into their levels of study - teachers / counselors provide recommendations, but we tend to let students & parents make that choice. We also allow level changes beyond the add/drop period ... that way under- and over-placed students can be placed more appropriately (which I guess is what you're getting at with the question on a student being able to meet expectations from the beginning of the course...?). Could you provide a link to the blog you refer to - it sounds like an interesting discussion on a very similar topic!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015173340703535140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-21542423855680857092009-02-16T15:21:00.000-05:002009-02-16T15:21:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing this. It is interesting to ...Thank you for sharing this. It is interesting to see what you have developed. Will you implement these ideas immediately or in the fall? I'm curious about the number of students in a teachers course load. Such individualized feedback seems overwhelming when I see nearly 85 students each day. <BR/>This also brings up interesting challenges. What if a student meets a standard at the beginning of a course? Do students test into each course so they are at the appropriate level? I am thinking of a discussion recently on The Principal's Page Blog about mixed-age grade levels. <BR/>Thank you for sharing this discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-19623941196961492372009-02-07T14:13:00.000-05:002009-02-07T14:13:00.000-05:00Fare thee well p-prims indeed. I never really fel...Fare thee well p-prims indeed. I never really felt very comfortable with the idea of a p-prim. What is their point anyway? If they are only used in forming resources and contexts as needed? Meaning comes from the connections of resources within a specific context. p-prims as they are called are only a way of generalizing relationships, or specific pieces of knowledge. The specifics are what is important, and the connections to other pieces of information give meaning. A p-prim is almost a super control. We see things in the world around us, and we make sense through generalization. I see this as higher order thinking rather than a sub-level. In my field of computer science education, we have to look first at specific examples, and then find more and more ways to generalize the example so that it can be used in more ad more situations. This way of looking at it seems to be to be a bit more reasonable.M.Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512204743776119683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928515094798031520.post-31267546238762685482009-02-06T07:26:00.000-05:002009-02-06T07:26:00.000-05:00Thanks for submitting this post to our blog carniv...Thanks for submitting this post to our blog carnival. We just published the <A HREF="http://brainblogger.com/2009/02/06/brain-blogging-forty-third-edition/" REL="nofollow">43rd edition</A> of Brain Blogging and your article was featured!<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>ShaheenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com