Created by Colleen Rogers Keenan
over 6 years ago
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Neuroscience
Synapse
Brain cells aka Neurons
Learning
Brain development
Brain development pattern
Why are there large individual differences between brains and their cognitive function?
TOOL: Neuroimaging studies
TOOL:
PET
(Position Emission Tomography)
TOOL:
fMRI
(Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
MEASUREMENT:
BOLD
(Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent)
TOOL:
ERP
Event Relate Potential
TOOL:
ERP
Electroencephalograhy
The tools of cognitive neuroscience offer:
LANGUAGE
READING
MATHEMATICS
The Direct Effects of
SLEEP & COGNITION
Emotion and Cognition
The lay belief in hemispheric differences ('left brain' vs. 'right brain' learning) NEURO
The brain is only plastic for certain kinds of information during certain 'critical' periods, so education must occur during these periods.
NEURO
The most effective educational interventions need to be times with periods of synaptogenesis.
NEURO
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