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“If W e U nderstand the B rain , We Can I nfluence I t ”

“If W e U nderstand the B rain , We Can I nfluence I t ”. Gerry Charlebois Executive Director of Advanced Academics Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD charleboisg@cfbisd.edu. Brain Quiz. 1. T F We use only 10% of our brain.

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“If W e U nderstand the B rain , We Can I nfluence I t ”

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  1. “If We Understand the Brain,We Can Influence It” Gerry Charlebois Executive Director of Advanced Academics Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD charleboisg@cfbisd.edu

  2. Brain Quiz 1. T F We use only 10% of our brain. 2. T F For a higher level cognitive activity one uses many areas of the brain. 3. T F Complex music produces complex brain activity. 4. T F There is one specific area for arithmetic and other content areas. 5. T F Development of knowledge occurs in a ladder-like fashion. 6. T F We can grow new brain cells. 7. T F Teens' brains are like a toddler's brain. 8. T F Food influences our brains. 9. T F Learning through repetition produces a permanent neurophysiologic change in our brains. 10. T F Gifted teens have more developed brain maturation in the frontal lobes.

  3. Physical Structure of the Brain • Cerebrum (Latin for brain) Cortex (Latin for bark) • Mid Brain – the CEO of the nervous system (Includes thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus) – responsible for emotional functions, memory, social bonding, intuition, immunity, and healing. Sensory information passes through the thalamus before entering the cerebral cortex.

  4. Physical Structure of the Brain • Frontal Lobes – (last to mature, develop fully) controls consciousness, critical thinking, the ability to problem solve, plan for the future, and expressive speech. • Parietal Lobes – (interprets where pain is coming from) receives and processes data from the senses, responsible for touch, pain, temperature, calculating, and writing.

  5. Physical Structure of the Brain • Occipital Lobes – (vision center) controls processing of visual images, hearing, and language • Temporal Lobes – ( memory & who we are as an individual) interprets music and language, stores information

  6. Three Parts to our Brain: • Genetic wiring – highly inheritable • Environment – in our surroundings with no conscious reactions : nutrition, drugs, toxins, temperature • Experience – in our surroundings with conscious reactions: people, tv, computers, books, museums, etc.

  7. We are whole brained • The brain lights up all over when we are working on varied processes • The more efficient the brain-task, the more defined the area of the brain

  8. The Gifted Brain • Gifted brains exhibit superior neurophysiology in frontal areas – greater density of localization of neurons & thickness of cortical layers in frontal areas • Gifted males’ brains shut down verbal to do spatial task

  9. Neuroscience of Intelligence • Research in neurogenesis has changed idea of intelligence as a fixed trait to a set of capacities that are shaped throughout life as neurons are born and dendritic connections are made. • Intelligence is the ability to catch on, to make sense of things, and to know what to do about it

  10. Neuroscience of Intelligence • Rich complex experiences, access to intellectual resources, good nutrition, and low stress builds neuronal connections • Gifted people – evidence of enhanced interconnectivity and frontal connectivity

  11. The brain is a pattern making machine…

  12. The brain becomes primed with familiar patterns (rituals) and aroused by unfamiliar ones (novelty).” How the Brain Learns: The Brain takes these ‘associations’ and forms them into patterns. It is the brain’s way of making sense of the world. These patterns form the basis of all human understanding.

  13. Brain Development Development occurs in levels with periods of discontinuity in skill and brain organization Occurs in clusters with emergence of a new capacity (new capacities emerge in teens and early adulthood) In new learning, a person moves down repeatedly to low levels in order to build components to produce new high-level skills.

  14. Development continues… Neurons grow all the time - they are affected by the environment and our experiences. Cyclical growth - revisiting, relearning, explains the flexibility and plasticity of the human brain Frontal cortex is central - leading the growth Strongly connected to the limbic system (emotions and memory) Both interact constantly

  15. Inside the Teenage Brain • Around puberty, the brain blossoms with new brain cells • Frontal lobes undergo wholesale renovation extraneous neuronal branching gets ‘pruned’ back • Teens’ rational, thoughtful frontal lobes “light up” less their amygdala lights up more!!

  16. Recommendations for Gifted Adolescents • Monitor attention and learn mindfulness – pay attention to the present moment • Use nutrition, exercise, sunlight, sleep to manage their mood • Visualization, go to the ‘flow’

  17. “All thinking has feeling. Emotions shape cognition. There is no learning without emotional engagement.” How the Brain Learns Emotions act as ‘functional organizers.’ They move us. Biologically and at the most fundamental level they serve as an ‘approach’/ ’avoidance’ mechanism.

  18. “Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.”

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