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2005
What is learning?
4 important
negative
findings from
neuroscience
5 important
positive
findings from
neuroscience
Bad news finding # 1
WE HAVE NO
INTRINSIC
MOTIVATION
TO LEARN
ACADEMIC MATERIAL
We are motivated to LEARN to get 4
PRIMARY BODY REWARDS:
Food
Water
Sex
Drugs of Abuse
And we are motivated to LEARN to
get 5 Primary Social Rewards
Feel pleasant touch (Rolls et al. 2003)
See attractive faces (Aharon et al. 2001)
Hear positive words (Hamann & Mao 2002)
Interact with others (Rilling et al. 2002)
Gain social status (Tooby & Cosmides, 2002)
Human motivation system
Rewarding experiences
trigger amygdala activity
trigger dopamine release
trigger frontal lobe
activity
AMYGDALA
Computes
Emotional intensity of
an experience
Degree of negative or
positive emotion
Increased Dopamine IS the Reward
FRONTAL LOBE
$USE OF MONEY
WORKING
LEARNING
FOLLOWING RULES
Motivation to Learn
School Subjects is Conditioned
THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE
FOR
LEARNING TRANSFER
Reviews of research show no
evidence for learning transfer
THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE
FOR
MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES
Gardners 11 Total Intelligences
Linguistic, Musical,
Logical-mathematical, Spatial,
Bodily-kinesthetic, Personal,
Naturalistic, Spiritual,
Existential,
Mental Searchlight, Laser
Gardners Newest Intelligences
Allix(2000) no evidence
Jie-Qi Chen (2004) no evidence
Gardner (2004) no evidence
Gardner and Connell (2000, p. 292)
conceded that there is little
hard evidence for Multiple
Intelligences theory (2000, p.
292)
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
REFUTES MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Neuroscience research
has found 5 promoter
mechanisms whereby
short term learning
changes into long
term learning
5 major promoters of learning =
INNATE LEARNING PROGRAMS
(Gallistel, 2003)
REPETITION of INFORMATION
(Squire and Kandel, 2000)
EXCITEMENT at the time of learning
(Cahill & Gorski, 2003; LeDoux, 2002)
EATING CARBOHYDRATES at time of
learning (Korol, 2002)
8-9 HOURS OF SLEEP after learning
(Kuriyama, Stickgold, & Walker, 2004)\
The first promoters are innate learning programs
called ADAPTED COGNITION MODULES
Repetition
&
Excitement
BUT TEACHERS CAN ALSO
IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP