The Neuroscience of Learning

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Comment by Ann Brainard Simone on June 15, 2008 at 4:41am

I'm really interested to read this book and its research. I attended a session at a conference one time about the areas of the brain being used during reading. In normal children, one area of the brain was highlighted, so the information was taking a direct route. (This is my layman's recollection and interpretation of the information.) In children with reading difficulties the information was being routed around to various areas, from one area to the next and then back again. Of course, this is what causes these students to have slow processing speed, as well as other difficulties. Will try to find out more specifics about this research.

Comment by Maria on June 13, 2008 at 12:48pm

I recently began a book called "This Is Your Brain On Music; The Science of Human Obsession" by Daniel J. Leviitin.
I don't know if it fitting for this discussion, but it absolutely discusses the neurological and psychological impact that music has on the human condition. The reason I picked up the book to begin with is becasue I am a person who always has some kind of music on the CD player in my classroom from Mozart to Norah Jones and World Music. I find kids fall into a rythm when working, and so do I. We change the music as our moods change, and we all have our preferences. I used music with thinking routines (Listening 10x2) also. There was one particular student who had so many attention issues, and surprisingly (for me) I noticed he became increasingly more attentive to tasks when certain CD's were in (particularly female voices!). Anyway, the book makes many connections to the neurological impact on emotions that music produces, and the effect on receptors. Very interesting!

Comment by Ellen Pham on May 30, 2008 at 12:40am

The pic for this group is so beautiful, I just had to join :) And, I really want to get myself reading more about the neuroscience of learning! I will start with Wolf's book, Skip. The discussions in this group might take awhile to form, but I am really looking forward to having this sweet group to discuss these ideas with.

Comment by Anna Billings on April 14, 2008 at 2:33pm

Fantastic! I was just thinking about this as a great topic for Fireside. Just attended a one day seminar/conference on neuroscience and human relationships. I have some books to recommend, too. Thanks for starting the group.