social brain

Here is a quote from the recent 10 question interview with Arthur Chickering from iStream. Kirkwood subscribes to iStream, so any Kirkwood employee can read the whole interview once you register on the site. Many good articles to read. I chose this quote mostly as a reminder to myself. I need to exercise my social brain.

What do you mean by the phrase, “Learning is a whole-person, whole-brain activity?”

Here is what brain researchers have found: Body, mind, and brain exist in a dynamic unity; our brain is a social brain; the search for meaning is innate; the brain establishes meaning through patterning; emotions are critical to patterning; learning involves conscious and unconscious processes; complex learning is enhanced by challenge, inhibited by threat; and every brain is uniquely organized withresulting differences in talents and preferences.

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