Brain Basics
X-ray, MRI, CAT scan, PET scan, fMRI, EEG, MEG, and SPECT.
What are brain imaging techniques used to understand the structure of function of parts of the brain?
A large bundle of nerve fibers that is connected to the brainstem. It runs from the base of the brain to the middle of the back. It is 18 inches long in an adult. It is thinner than an index finger.
What is the spinal cord?
It holds memories of your immediate past, and it sends memories to the cortex to be stored for long term memories.
What does the hippocampus do?
Models can be symbolic or concrete and help a learner perceive in the classroom rather than rely on experience.
What is a way to create meaning in new learning?
What are the two types of cells in the brain?
The part of the brain made up of three parts, the midbrain, the pons, and the mediulla oblongata. The main purpose of the brainstem is to help the body survive.
What is the brainstem?
to the cortex
Where does the hippocampus send memories for the long term?
It allows a student to connect previous knowledge into working memory to make sense and attach meaning to new learning.
How does using examples from students' experience help a learner?
Myelin sheath
What surrounds the axon?
What the cerebellum?
Someone can not recall anything in their immediate past, and they can't encode any new memories
This allows students to gain emotional resilience and learn more effectively at a higher level of cognition or understanding.
Why is it important to use strategies to reduce stress and build a positive emotional environment?
What is the synapse?
Two walnut sized, plum shaped structures that are deep in the brain above the brainstem. It plays an important role in regulating perception and vital functions.
What is the thalamus?
Who was H.M.?
Brain breaks allow regions that have been blocked by stress or high intensity work to revitalize. By switching activity to other brain networks, it allows the pathways to restore their calm focus.
Why are brain breaks so important in the classroom?
The chemical synapse consists of this
What is the terminal button of the axon containing the chemical messengers that are released into the synaptic gap and move across it to the dendrite of a different neuron?
It is thumbnail sized and below the thalamus. It controls the functions needed for homeostasis in the body.
What is the hypothalamus?
He did not remember learning new skills like mirror writing or puzzle solving because these are procedural memories that do not require processing in the hippocampus.
Why could H.M. learn new motor-driven skills?
This helps them restore the emotional state needed to bring the amygdala back from overdrive.
Why is it important to help students build habits of emotional self-awareness and mindfulness?