Paradigm Shifts In Education Coming Fast

The psychiatrist blogging as Shrinkwrapped has some thoughts on the coming paradigm shifts in education that may lead to individualized teaching. Once more, neuroscience plays a prominent role in this exciting transformation.

"There's An Ant On Your Southeast Leg."

While we're on the subject of neuroscience, here's some information on research involving the role of language in shaping thought. The Lera Boroditsky link takes you to the full, and lengthy, report, but it makes great reading if you enjoy exploring frontiers in biology.

Brain Building

When I was a grad student, an outstanding research class in perception very nearly wrecked my intentions for a career in the softer sciences. About the same time I had that class, advances in computer science began to contribute to the explosion of neuroscience into the multi-faceted field it is today. My fascination with neuroscience has never waned even after forty years. Shrinkwrapped helped feed that interest today with a post on the development of a parallel processing computer that will function like a brain. Testable hypotheses may be only a decade away. Several links accompany the post. Plug it all into your brain here.