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The Adolescent Brain: Leaving Childhood Behind, Lori Desautels
The Adolescent Brain: Leaving Childhood Behind, Lori Desautels
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
There isn't a more profound scene in the film Inside Out than the death of Bing Bong, Riley’s imaginary friend. As the main character approaches her 12th birthday, her brain is beginning to develop in ways that leave her imagination behind. This is the time when children between the ages of 10 and 14 begin dying to their childhoods to be born into their adolescence.
Contagious Emotions And Responding To Stress, Lori Desautels
Contagious Emotions And Responding To Stress, Lori Desautels
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
Neuroscience research suggests that emotions are contagious. Our brains are social organs, and we are wired for relationships. When we encounter or experience intense emotions from another individual, we feel those feelings as if they were our own. Mirror neurons in our brains are responsible for empathy, happiness, and the contagious anger, sadness, or anxiety that we feel when another person is experiencing these same feelings.
Creating Core Memories In The Classroom, Lori Desautels
Creating Core Memories In The Classroom, Lori Desautels
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
We all create core memories. When we encounter an experience with heightened emotion, our memory systems remember the experiences because of the intense emotions associated with the event. We know that memories can become diluted or distorted with time and distance. When we remember an event from our past, our brains secrete the same chemicals from the same neurotransmitters called forth when the experience happened, creating the same feelings.
Energy And Calm: Change It Up And Calm It Down!, Lori Desautels
Energy And Calm: Change It Up And Calm It Down!, Lori Desautels
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
Unlike the sequels to movies, I hope that part two of last year's Energy and Calm post will continue to strengthen your understanding of how our brains naturally learn, think, and behave. So let's return to the calming yet energizing zone of focused attention practices and brain breaks, a place that would greatly benefit students -- and their teachers -- when revisited frequently.