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The most complex organ in the body. Kind of a big deal. Your world revolves around me.

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Poverty's effect on the brain, especially in the limbic system.

@neuropedagogy

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Baby brain science! Fascinating!

https://t.co/Z72xdJ6gHA

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Smell is the best trigger of memory because the olfactory system links to the limbic system

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Having a baby sensitizes the brain to baby's cues. Men's testosterone falls, making their brain temporarily more like female brain

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Your brain on math! Fascinating #mathmatters

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Brain science and literacy! So so important! #knowledgeispower #readingmatters

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Humor comes from surprising juxtaposition of unconnected ideas. Humor also elevates levels of dopamine. Happy brain is healthy brain!

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Art and the brain!! Using brain science engage museum visitors! Engage, reflect #brainlearningsystems

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1/6 of the brain is developed before birth, huge growth in first 3 yrs, pruning of fibers by 4. First years are essential!

Neural networks

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Babies are born with 100 billion neurons, the same number as an adult

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On average, it takes half a second for the unconscious mind to process a sensory stimuli #timetravel

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The social system is an essential system of the brain. Teachers must be collaborators and encouragers of social interaction

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Caffeine functions by blocking adenosine (which causes drowsiness) and opening up blood vessels #CoffeeLover

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The frontal lobe edits and helps us make rational decisions, decreases frontal lobe activity often marks increased creativity

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Yes and no... You must know FIRST to be creative, but it is that resting state that allows the eureka moment #creativebrain

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The Corpus Callosum helps transmit emotion from left to right side of brains. Women have a higher density of fibers here #allthefeels

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If I'm stressed, I can't learn. Please mind my #emotionallearningsystem #neuropedagogy https://t.co/3nSrmoq0UW

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A stressed brain can't learn. Here are 3 ways calm the stress response: https://t.co/HFEHTTpuZr. #neuroscience

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#5pulses 5 pulses of seratonin make a memory. Make the learning stick! Make the brain chanfe!

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Treat me well and I'll remember better! #idontwanttoforget #brainscience https://t.co/yCxdfJqzAt

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Why do we remember some things, and not others? And why do memories eventually fade? https://t.co/Ah70KTG2wU

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The Greek term for depression, melancholia, means black bile. Even early sufferers thought it has a biological basis