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Understanding Autism through Predictive Processing By: Julia Daley Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that impacts perception, communication, and learning in profound ways.1 Well-known hallmarks of Autism include| Mind Brain Education
Predictive Processing and Linguaculture Learning By: Joseph Shaules Ayako in Oz Ayako landed in Los Angeles on her first trip abroad. She passed through immigration and customs, excited to hear| Mind Brain Education
Translanguaging as a Neurological Act of Reality Construction By: Glenn Magee Beyond Code-Switching You might have heard the term translanguaging recently as it is gaining attention in the field of| Mind Brain Education
The Brain as a Trickster By: Mirela C. C. Ramacciotti You’re probably familiar with the saying: “Our minds play tricks on us.” If we take this to mean tricks like| Mind Brain Education
Until March, I didn’t really understand Predictive Processing (also known as Predictive Coding and the Bayesian Brain), or the theory of the brain as a prediction machine. It wasn’t from a lack of effort—I’d been reading and studying about it for years!—but, for whatever reason, none of the disparate lectures I’d watched and books I’d read on Predictive Processing ever really clicked in a way that made intuitive sense to me. It wasn’t until I watched the video that inspired th...| Mind Brain Education
Great Ideas from the Brain Sciences: How Emotions Steer Learning| www.mindbrained.org
Great Ideas from the Brain Sciences: How Emotions Steer Learning By: Mirela C. C. Ramacciotti Let me ask you a question: can you define emotions? If you say that they| Mind Brain Education
Teacher Voice, Student Voice: Switching Identities By: Harumi Kimura All teachers are performers. In this short article, I’d like to share my experience of observing one English class at an| Mind Brain Education
Applying the “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” Principle to Giving a Long Presentation By: David Kluge The problem A few years ago, I started writing a| Mind Brain Education
Radio Drama: A PAL You Can Count On By: Gordon Rees Performance-assisted Learning (PAL) A few years back, I was asked to teach an EFL reading course for second-year students| Mind Brain Education
Public Speaking and Self-Efficacy in the Language Classroom By: Heather Kretschmer The woman sat in the first row of the large lecture hall full of fellow faculty members and listened| Mind Brain Education
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21st Century Learning| www.mindbrained.org
Introverts are quiet. All they need is to be encouraged to come out of their shells. All you need to do is to tell them to “Speak up.” Right? No. It’s not that simple. Recent research shows there are unique differences between the brains of introverts and extroverts. These differences include how the body reacts to the neurotransmitters dopamine and acetylcholine, where information is stored in the brain, and which side of the nervous system is preferred.| Mind Brain Education