Online Learning Update

July 31, 2014

The Neuroscience Behind Stress and Learning

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

by Judy Willis, MD, Edutopia

The realities of standardized tests and increasingly structured, if not synchronized, curriculum continue to build classroom stress levels. Neuroimaging research reveals the disturbances in the brain’s learning circuits and neurotransmitters that accompany stressful learning environments. The neuroscientific research about learning has revealed the negative impact of stress and anxiety and the qualitative improvement of the brain circuitry involved in memory and executive function that accompanies positive motivation and engagement.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/neuroscience-behind-stress-and-learning-judy-willis

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