What Brain Research
Says About
Basic Background
Remember, it is cellular connections building on one another that activate learning, consciousness, intelligence, and memory. |
The
more learning, the more connections you make.
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The
greater the number of connections in the brain, the greater the meaning
derived from learning.
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If
there is not a neural network for something, it simple doesn't exist
in our brain.
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This
is why totally new concepts are so difficult to grasp at first.
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When
you activate what you already know about a subject before learning
something new, the brain actually makes more connections.
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In
essence the pattern of learning is as important as what is
learned.
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Brain
theorist Leslie Hart reminds us that what we perceive as a pattern depends
upon prior knowledge,the existing neural networking of the brain used
to process the input, and the context in which the learning takes place.
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