Pedagogy Seminars

Directory of old seminars and abstracts:

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Seminars available online:

Dendy Sloan and Cynthia Norrgran, October 3rd 2013

The German Army, An Explosion, and a Bicycle Accident: How the Brain Learns and Solves Problems

In these short 45 minutes, we will provide a new, macroscopic hypothesis for how the brain learns, and a well-established microscopic theory of memory, based upon modern neuroscience evidence. Along the way, we’ll look at three human case studies, so the seminar is not too dry.

Francis Crick said, concluding a 1979 Scientific American issue on the brain, “What is conspicuously lacking is a broad framework of ideas (about the brain).” We believe the last 34 years have provided evidence to construct a “broad framework” hypothesis about how the brain works. We’ll also provide attendees with a sheet of seven pedagogical guidelines from neuroscience.

This seminar will state the “bottom lines” of our new book, Neuroscience, Memory, and Learning. As a minimum, attendees should have a nice, free sandwich; come early for food – we’ll start talking at noon. As a maximum, attendees will come away inspired, with hard-science evidence for how to be a better learner. (Individual results may vary).