Today we are going to write about something interesting.
It has been hard to choose because I am often reading more than one thing at the time. I read the newspaper, academic papers, stuff on meditation, essays, my students' blogs, etc.
I started reading about the brain some years back when I studied language acquisition and education = learning processes.
However, later I decided to read beyond linguistics and education, and bought a really interesting book called “Mind map” The book I am devoting most time to at the moment is called “The emotional life of your brain” It is written by a neuroscientist (R. J. Davidson) and a health and science journalist (S. Begley). I suppose I am reading it out of pleasure. The book is about different research done on the human brain and the different emotional styles, how genetics and environment influence them and how they develop. It also includes the mind – body connection. Although I have onlt read about 80 pages, I'm really enjoying seeing how certain personality traits can be linked to certain hormones released in certain areas of the brain and some of these processes could be modified if there is will. It is fascinating.. Chemical processes were never my thing at school but now it is fun. It also touches “abnormal “ conditions such as autism, which I find interesting.
I think I am enjoying it because there is no pressure involved. I just read a while before I go to sleep or during the day if I have the time.
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I think that is very interesting read about neuroscience because is a field that renew every time and is entertaining learn about our brain.
ReplyDeleteMiss, I think that the book that you read, about Neuroscience is very important in education, because is a new way for the learn and teach.
ReplyDeletethat is true, sometimes you have to read many extra things, but it´s also interesting to dive in topics like neuroscience or psychological things.
ReplyDeleteI love it that issue, I read the last year "El arbol dle conocimiento" of Maturana and Varela and explains a lot of things of our brain. I'm going to make me some time to search the books that you mention
ReplyDeleteI like that topic!! I like to research the personalities and emotional styles (particularly)
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