Understanding the brain program

Getting the Brain Ready to Learn. Check-in: How are you feeling today? Thumbs up, etc Use Guard Dog feelings chart. Take 3 deep breaths, sitting up straight and hands on tummy.

Teach and recite this refrain: When we listen point to ear , to the chime, we are calm brush hands over body , and focused hand on forehead PFC Explain that you will count to 3 and hit the chime. They are to listen carefully to the tone until they cannot hear the tone anymore. When they can no longer hear it, they can raise their hands, remaining quiet. Before hitting the chime offer the opportunity to close their eyes or to keep them open focusing on a spot on the floor in front of them.

How are you feeling now? Ready to learn something new? When I see that happening, I will give you signal to help you remind your brain to calm down and pay attention. Brain Lesson. Introduction: We believe that kids should know the very basic functions of the brain, and then understand them concretely.

Goals of this Lesson: Children will learn three parts of the brain and their function. Children will understand that their brain allows them to think, feel, and make decisions about how they behave.

Children will know that they are in charge of their brain using breathing and various tools to help them. Children will, with awareness of how the brain works, and practice of the exercises, experience increased self-management, compassion, and patience. Children will practice calming and focusing skills using them daily with their teacher. Their brains are training for self-regulation of the emotions, bodies, and thoughts. Why It Works: Children love this lesson. Why We Teach Kids About Their Brain: Since the brain is such a complex part of our bodies, it could be a difficult subject to teach to young children.

Helps you wait before acting. Helps you understand your feelings. Executive functions. Amygdala: Guard Dog — Reacts to threat fight, flight, freeze.

Helps keep us safe. Hippocampus: Memory — Processes and stores memories. Learning, experiences, and emotional responses are stored here. Guard Dog is loud, active, and explains that its job is to keep you safe, and also it is in charge of being curious. It is full grown when you are born, and is often in charge until you are 4 or 5 years old.

My name is Guard Dog. My brain name is a funny word, amygdala. Repeat after me and clap with each syllable. I have to keep you safe. Do you feel safe right now? Tell me what makes you feel safe now. I do this by bark. You know the times when you cry or just get upset? So someone will help you feel better. So you stop what you are doing, and go to the new thing.

A-myg-da-la, I keep you safe! It might feel like you are flipping your lid! So you have to help me calm down. Janet Van Hell. Daniel Weiss. Associate Professor of Psychology. University of Granada. Teresa Bajo. The Netherlands. Radboud University Nijmegen. Dorothee Chwilla. Pompeu Fabra University. Albert Costa. Social and Behavioral Sciences. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Josep Demestre. United Kingdom. Bangor University. Margaret Deuchar. Lund University. University of Braunschweig formerly at University of Mannheim.

Holger Hopp. English Linguistics. Max Planck Institute, Leipzig. Sonja Kotz. Guillaume Thierry. Cognitive Neuroscience. Beijing Normal University. Taomei Guo. Hua Shu. We explore theories of the brain as the seat of the self from ancient Greece to modern times, and investigate systems that make up the brain from the individual neuron to the entire central nervous system.

We also look into how sensation, perception, and decision making work at the physiological level. The course blends historical trends in neuroscience with modern experiments and findings, and touches on major areas of research including animal studies, recording and imaging techniques, computational neuroscience, and neuropharmacology.

In-class small-group exercises, in addition to lectures, allow students to tangibly explore the ideas presented in class. The course includes asynchronous work, which students are expected to complete between class sessions. To view detailed information on a particular offering, click on the call number to be directed to the Directory of Classes catalogue.