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Learning and Movement

Learning and Movement. Lisa Keller, Olga González, Monica Alarcon and Mary Yonker. The Body and The Brain. Our brain monitors our physical body and also creates “maps” of the world around us through sound, shape, taste , smell and/or texture.

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Learning and Movement

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  1. Learning and Movement Lisa Keller, Olga González, Monica Alarcon and Mary Yonker

  2. The Body and The Brain • Our brain monitors our physical body and also creates “maps” of the world around us through sound, shape, taste,smell and/or texture. • The body communicates through chemical signals and neural signals to the brain. • The brain also communicates to the body via neural channels. • As-if body loop is created when an emotion unfolds. The brain can simulate a certain body state as if it were occurring. - Damasio (2003)

  3. Research • According to Lleras and Thomas, the brain can use bodily cues to help understand and solve complex problems (Nauert, 2009). • Movement is the key to learning. In Gilbert’s (1977) study, she found that the most significant finding was the direct relationship between the amount of movement the classroom teacher used and the percentage increase of students' test scores. • Sounds, harmony and singing provide all-around training for the brain. A study done at the University of California at Irvine found that classical music in particular, strengthens the connections in the brain that are necessary for logical thinking.

  4. Experiment

  5. Monkey Fist Knot

  6. Brain Domains Addressed O’Donnel (1999)

  7. Interesting Facts • Music helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. When he could not figure out the right wording for a certain part, he would play his violin to help him. The music helped him get the words from his brain onto the paper. • Music was the key that helped Albert Einstein become one of the smartest men who has ever lived. Einstein himself says that the reason he was so smart is because he played the violin.

  8. Reference: Damasio, A. & Damasio, H. (2006). Minding the body. Daedalus, 135(3), 15. Damasio, A. (2003, May 15). The person within. Nature, 423(6937), 227. Gilbert, A. G. (1997). Movement is important to learning. Retrieved from: http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/arts/gilbert.htm Nauert, R. (2009) Body movements help problem solving. Retrieved from: http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/05/13/body-movements-help-problem-solving/5874.html O’Donnel, L. (1999). Music and the brain. Retrieved from: http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html

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