How sights, sounds, and touch are mapped onto the brain
Editor’s note: Quite literally lifting the lid on how our senses are mapped on to the brain.
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Using your head: what is the future of brain health?
Editor’s note: Cognitive health is becoming more and more mainstream. So what is driving this change and what might this mean for us all?
The ten habits of highly effective brains
Editor’s note: Alvaro Fernandez provides some good lifestyle options we can follow to maintain, and improve, our vibrant brains.
Why, to improve memory, we need to think of the brain as a system
Editor’s note: Some useful nights in here – this is a transcript of a conversation of participants on a brain fitness course.
Five myths about the brain
Editor’s note: RudiyTanzi is Harvard’s Professor of Neurology and has written a new book, Super Brain. Here are five myths dispelled.
How the brain works – and how students can respond
Editor’s note: Three major brain elements help control what information your brain takes in: the reticular activating system, the limbic system, and the transmitter dopamine. Neuroscientist Dr Judy Willis looks at how you can help each one work in your favour.
Brain plasticity: How learning changes your brain
Editor’s note: A short article that explains neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to change throughout life – and the impact learning has on that.
Left brain right brain illustration
Editor’s note: A bit of graphic fun for a Tuesday morning with this cartoon of what the left and right side of our brain provide us with.
Timothy Ingold on the social brain
Editor’s note: A set of videos in which social anthropolgist Timothy Ingold sets out his thinking on the social brain. Lots to watch and consider for learning professionals.