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How the Brain functions in learning

In general...
1. Structure of the brain
  1. CEREBRUM
    1. Frontal lobe
      1. behaviour
      2. problem solving
      3. creative thought
      4. attention
      5. physical reaction
      6. sense of smell
      7. muscle movement
      8. coordination and movement
    2. Parietal lobe
      1. sense of touch
      2. response to internal stimuli
      3. sensory combination and comprehension
      4. some language and reading function
      5. some visual funtion
    3. Occipital lobe
      1. -vision
      2. -reading
    4. Temporal lobe
      1. auditory memory
      2. visual memory
      3. music
      4. fear
      5. sense of identity
      6. some language and speech
      7. some behavior and emotion
    5. Right Hemisphere
      1. control left side of the body
      2. temporal and spatial relationship
      3. analyzing nonverbal information
      4. communicating emotion
    6. Left Hemisphere
      1. control the right side of the body
      2. produce and understand language
  2. CEREBELLUM
    1. balance
    2. posture
    3. cardiac,respiratory,and vasomotor centers
  3. BRAIN STEM
    1. Hypothalamus
      1. moods and motivation
      2. sexual maturation
      3. temperature regulation
      4. hormonal body process
    2. pituitary gland
      1. physical maturation
      2. sexual maturation
      3. growth
      4. sexual functioning
    3. Optic chiasm
      1. vision and the optic nerve
    4. motor and sensory pathways to body and face
    5. vital centers
    6. Spinal cord
      1. conduit and source of sensation and movement
In maturation process...
1. early elementary years
  1. development of motor skills
  2. visual-motor coordination
  3. reasoning
    1. ability to generalize and abstrct
  4. social understanding and memory
    1. learns about perspective-taking and social interaction
  5. language
2. early middle school year until adulthood
  1. posterior region of the brain
    1. areas for auditory,visual,and tactile functioning intersect
    2. intersection of the brain
  2. maturation of the fontal lobe
    1. allow human to evaluate and adapt their behavior based on past experience
    2. evolutionary development in brain
    3. social understanding and empahty resides
  3. development of frontal white matter
    1. crucial for higher cognitive functions
    2. appropriate social behaviors
www.apa.org/education/k12/brain-funtion.aspx

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