The Brain !

Last week we had a very important talk with Dr. Pedro Maldonado. ICBM's teacher, which our Physiotherapists already knew. He spoke about the myths and truths about the brain there. There were many interesting things, from which extracting ransom some excerpts from his book.
"There is no time to lose as everything important about the brain is decided
by the age of three”
“There are critical periods when certain matters must be taught and learnt”
“But I read somewhere that we only use 10% of our brain anyway”
“I’m a ‘left-brain’, she’s a ‘right-brain’ person”
“Let’s face it – men and boys just have different brains from women and girls”
“A young child’s brain can only manage to learn one language at a time”
“Improve your memory!”
“Learn while you sleep!”

Each point was treated by Dr, explaining whether it was a myth or a reality. After that we had the opportunity to ask questions related to our race and the issue he was trying.

These talks are very important professionals in our career and that enlarge our knowledge and we learn about other issues in our profession is not widely spoken.

An extract from the conclusion of his book points out the importance between education and health professionals, marking the importance of learning different topics to educate the people. Reads:

"The bridges between neuroscience and education are still too few. This analysis of
myths about the workings of the brain clearly shows that greater co-operation between the two domains is needed. Any educational reform which is truly meant to be in the service of students should take into account neuroscientific studies and research, while maintaining a healthy objectivity. Similarly, brain researchers should not exclude themselves from the world of education and the broader implications of their work. They need to be ready to explain it as understandably and accessibly as possible. It will be through the exchange between the different disciplines and players (researchers, teachers, political leaders), that it will be possible to harness the burgeoning knowledge on learning to create an educational system that is both personalised to the individual and universally relevant to all".

I hope you continue making us talk like this, so we have improved both our language and our knowledge :)

See you :*