How can we initiate firing in neurons?
Providing stimuli to the brain ( part 1)
Providing stimuli to the brain ( part 2)
Not only the content of the stimulus that matters...
The more the teacher primes students to receive information...
The thalamus and the reticular formation
The attention systems filters out whatever is constant and repetitive...
The bottom-up method: from the periphery to the central regions...
The top-down method: from the central regions to the periphery...
The ways that our attention system works...
Top-down method: our conscious decision can modulate our attention...
Engaging the bottom-up system: auditory techniques
Engaging the bottom-up system: visual techniques
Attention is all about competition for resources...
The third method: the emotional system can trigger our attentional system
How our emotional system engages our attentional system
Stories are an effective method of engaging our attentional system
For how long should the teaching sections be?
What is the best way of conducting a class?