THE BRAIN AT SCHOOL

Kristina BährPediatrician and supervisorExist Nu AB

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Lisa

• 7 years old

• Learning • Growing • Interacting

The basic human needs

Social needs

Plasticity

Development

• Spinal Cord Prefrontal cortex

Organisation of the Brain

• Minimize (potential) threats • Increase reward

Think

• Extremly energyconsuming

• Limited time

• Strategy – NOT THINKING!

Think = LEARN

• Reflection– lot of energy – slow process

Working memory

Planering

Balance

• Attention

• Inhibition

Self control/ self regulation

Self regulation

• Consciously signal inhibit impulses

Autopilot

• ”Economic” • Talk about the ”known” (problem)

Facial expressions

• Teenagers (Amygdala/reptilian brain)• Adults (frontal lobe/PFC)

• Facial Expressions• Emotions

During stress – adults same abilities as teens/children

Social context

• Spaceball• Exclusion pain in the same brain area as

physical pain (fMRI)

Stress

• Stop thinking Reflexes activated

Threat

• Reptilian brain• Thinking turned off

Result – feeling of threat

PessimismGeneralization

Less working memory Increased motor activity

Fewer solutions/insights Tunnel vision

Reward

• Happy faces

• Praise (for hard work)• Generosity

Dopamin

Fixed Mindset- Growing Mindset

Carol Dweck

• Praise wanted behaviours, ignore bad behaviour!

Learn more!

Hjärnpodden – Podcast in Swedish… about the brain.

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