Neuroscience L&D Flashcards
What does neuroscience involve?
Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and networks of sensory nerve cells called neurons.
What is the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning?
neuroplasticity
After 24 hours, most people forget __% of what they’ve learned.
80%
What does brainstem do?
Keeps you alive, regulating many basic functions. Including regulation of heart rate, breathing, sleeping, and eating.
What does the corpus callosum do?
It’s a C-shaped nerve fiber bundle found beneath the cerebral cortex, connecting the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
In which part of the brain are new brain cells formed?
The hippocampus
Why is exercise good for growing new brain cells?
Exercise promotes the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that helps brain cells grow
If you have a very warm, crowded classroom and a session that just ran over into lunch, which part of the brain will be demanding the most attention?
brain stem
Your brain stem monitors respiration, heart rate, temperature, and of course hunger and thirst. It keeps you alive and is demanding you change your current environment.
Describe Timothy Wilson’s 2015 experiment regarding the option of boredom and electric shock.
A significant proportion of people would rather give themselves electric shocks than be bored for only 15 minutes. That’s how painful being bored is.
Why is social isolation not good for learning?
Our brain can’t tell the difference between physical pain and pain from social isolation. We are wired to engage with the wider world.
What is the BASIC acronym for things to avoid in training?
Boredom Abstract ideas Stress Information overload Cognitive overload
How are abstract concepts like jelly?
Abstract concepts are those like “synergy” that is not tangible.
Your brain starts to grasp it, but it quickly slips away, changes shape, and adjusts. It’d be a different shape in a different bowl.
What part of the brain do abstract concept exist?
Prefrontal cortex (PFC)
