neuroscience

Screen Addiction: How Digital Devices are Affecting our Brains

I have bad news. I’m addicted to screens. And you might be too. Maybe you don’t know it, and perhaps you’re even denying my accusation, but try to answer the following before you attempt to defend yourself: These and many other questions on the topic can help you identify signs of addiction. If you’re still …

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Emotional Intelligence and Self-Regulation during the Pandemic

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It might come as a shock to you, but despite a relatively significant improvement in terms of quality of life worldwide, suicide rates have been increasing in many countries. The Atlantic reports that there’s a Millenial mental-health crisis and that experts are concerned it will get worse because of …

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Neuromyths and potential classroom implications: Part 2 – Learning Styles, Fixed Intelligence, Forget about Arts

This is the second part of the 4-post series on how neuroscience can be used in the classroom. If you missed the first blog post, read it here. Let’s get down to business, shall we? What are some of the most commonly spread neuromyths in educational settings? Here’s my list with 3 of them: 1. …

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The Art of Presenting: Tips on how to deliver impacting presentations (and lessons)

Vídeo em português: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLsuTnTTRkI Versão em Português com links úteis:A Arte da Apresentação_Mini Apostila If you are a teacher, and I’m assuming you are, have you ever wondered how many times you have delivered a presentation in your life? I’m going to present about presentations (meta-presentation :)) next week and I was forced to ask myself …

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Neuroscience of Learning/Language Acquisition Part 3

Speaking about the Neuroscience of Learning at the Nat Geo Learning Conference Almost two weeks ago I had the incredible honor and privilege to present at the National Geographic Learning Conference. I was invited nearly two months ago by Rosane Vidmar, whom I can’t thank enough for the opportunity. That was when I realized I …

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Neuroscience of Learning/Second Language Acquisition – Part 2 – Neurociência da Aprendizagem/Aquisição de Segunda Língua – Parte 2

Neurociência da Aprendizagem_parte2 – texto em português Ok, let’s go on with the learning tips from our new favorite subject: Neuroscience! It’s worth stressing that the claims contained in this post have been tested all over the world and, thus, are science-based, which means they shouldn’t be neglected. I do not wish to say that …

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