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Learning happens because of neuroplasticity in the brain - neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain cells to adapt and change. To be even more specific, it’s the organizing of the connections between the neurons. Neuroscientists used to think that the brain stopped developing before adulthood and that any later brain trauma was permanent, but now we’re finding that, thanks to neuroplasticity, that just isn’t true. This is episode two in a three-part series on learning and productivity. Enjoy!
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A way to think about the learning process is that the brain can change in three ways; chemical change, structural change, and functional change. When you first start learning something new, there are tiny electrochemical pulses that fire from one neuron to another across a gap called a synapse. It’s a little chemical change as a result of what you’re interacting with. This forms a learning pathway. At this stage, the information is in the brain as a short-term memory.
But the more that these same neurons fire together, the stronger the connections between cells get. So if you practice a task over and over, the connections grow so that a stimulation in one part of the brain is more likely to trigger the next one to go off. This causes the second type of brain change; structural change. As connections are formed over time, the actual structure of the brain starts to change. And it means that the information is stored now in long-term memory.
So that’s the first big tip on learning. Repetition and practice. Yeah, no cheat sheet there. Sorry.
#Learning #LearningHacks #Neuroscience #Study #Seeker #SeekerPlus
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How Memory Works
“Memory is the ongoing process of information retention over time. Because it makes up the very framework through which we make sense of and take action within the present, its importance goes without saying. But how exactly does it work? And how can teachers apply a better understanding of its inner workings to their own teaching? In light of current research in cognitive science, the very, very short answer to these questions is that memory operates according to a "dual-process," where more unconscious, more routine thought processes interact with more conscious, more problem-based thought processes.”
https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/how-memory-works
The Truth About How Your Brain Gets Smarter
“Roughly half of your brain is made of grey matter (where neural pathways are forged and reside) and the other half is made of white matter. More on this in a moment. First it’s key to know that neurons that fire together, wire together. This means to learn something new, to set a new habit in place, repetition is required. When you practice something deeply, intentionally, and with some element of struggle a neural pathway is formed.”
forbes.com/sites/christinecomaford/2014/11/07/the-truth-about-how-your-brain-gets-smarter/?sh=42034e3119bc
The neuroscience of advanced scientific concepts
“Cognitive neuroscience methods can identify the fMRI-measured neural representation of familiar individual concepts, such as apple, and decompose them into meaningful neural and semantic components. This approach was applied here to determine the neural representations and underlying dimensions of representation of far more abstract physics concepts related to matter and energy, such as fermion and dark matter, in the brains of 10 Carnegie Mellon physics faculty members who thought about the main properties of each of the concepts.”
nature.com/articles/s41539-021-00107-6
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Learning happens because of neuroplasticity in the brain - neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain cells to adapt and change. To be even more specific, it’s the organizing of the connections between the neurons. Neuroscientists used to think that the brain stopped developing before adulthood and that any later brain trauma was permanent, but now we’re finding that, thanks to neuroplasticity, that just isn’t true. This is episode two in a three-part series on learning and productivity. Enjoy!
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A way to think about the learning process is that the brain can change in three ways; chemical change, structural change, and functional change. When you first start learning something new, there are tiny electrochemical pulses that fire from one neuron to another across a gap called a synapse. It’s a little chemical change as a result of what you’re interacting with. This forms a learning pathway. At this stage, the information is in the brain as a short-term memory.
But the more that these same neurons fire together, the stronger the connections between cells get. So if you practice a task over and over, the connections grow so that a stimulation in one part of the brain is more likely to trigger the next one to go off. This causes the second type of brain change; structural change. As connections are formed over time, the actual structure of the brain starts to change. And it means that the information is stored now in long-term memory.
So that’s the first big tip on learning. Repetition and practice. Yeah, no cheat sheet there. Sorry.
#Learning #LearningHacks #Neuroscience #Study #Seeker #SeekerPlus
Read More:
How Memory Works
“Memory is the ongoing process of information retention over time. Because it makes up the very framework through which we make sense of and take action within the present, its importance goes without saying. But how exactly does it work? And how can teachers apply a better understanding of its inner workings to their own teaching? In light of current research in cognitive science, the very, very short answer to these questions is that memory operates according to a "dual-process," where more unconscious, more routine thought processes interact with more conscious, more problem-based thought processes.”
https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/how-memory-works
The Truth About How Your Brain Gets Smarter
“Roughly half of your brain is made of grey matter (where neural pathways are forged and reside) and the other half is made of white matter. More on this in a moment. First it’s key to know that neurons that fire together, wire together. This means to learn something new, to set a new habit in place, repetition is required. When you practice something deeply, intentionally, and with some element of struggle a neural pathway is formed.”
forbes.com/sites/christinecomaford/2014/11/07/the-truth-about-how-your-brain-gets-smarter/?sh=42034e3119bc
The neuroscience of advanced scientific concepts
“Cognitive neuroscience methods can identify the fMRI-measured neural representation of familiar individual concepts, such as apple, and decompose them into meaningful neural and semantic components. This approach was applied here to determine the neural representations and underlying dimensions of representation of far more abstract physics concepts related to matter and energy, such as fermion and dark matter, in the brains of 10 Carnegie Mellon physics faculty members who thought about the main properties of each of the concepts.”
nature.com/articles/s41539-021-00107-6
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Seeker+ is your home for deep dives, fun facts, rabbit holes, and more. Join host Julian Huguet as he unapologetically nerds out on the oddball history, astounding science and intriguing future around topics that will make you the smartest person at your next trivia night.
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