During his latest visit, Dr. Brain focused on Working Memory. He talked about the importance of working memory in school and following directions. We also learned that our working [short term] memory typically transfers into long term memory [located in our hippocampus] during our 7th hour of sleep...so now we know why sleep is so important!
Our experiment used the simple, well-known game of "telephone". We had two groups, one that just passed the message ear-to-ear and the other that held hands and focused on watching the messenger's lips while they were speaking (AKA lip reading). Then we did another experiment, boys vs. girls, with BOTH groups using the eye contact/touch technique. The results were interesting!
We learned that it is important to look at the person who is speaking, watch his/her lips, and make physical contact, if possible. The more our emotional part of our brain [our amygdala] is involved, the more apt we are to remember things! Involving more senses (touch, sound, sight) creates more emotional connection.
You can see some snippets from Lesson 4 by visiting the following link: https://youtu.be/3kUNQKMOvug
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In other news...we are THRIVING in our new setting. We have so many great brain-based learning strategies in place. I can't wait to blog about our new environment and post some pictures very soon!
