#brain architecture

[kauffmanmax]

‘5107 Memories’

10x10 in gouache, ink and water based spray paint on panel.  Recent painting made up of imaginary architecture 

[itsmadhvi]

Trauma affects brain function altering how we think, feel, relate to others, and respond. This article will shed light on how our nervous system respond to threat and how sometimes stress becomes toxic.

Brain Function, Stress Response, and Trauma Effects

[daunkauffman]

LIVES AT RISK : Beyond-Toxic-Buildings

  What could be higher priority for human beings than the Priority of Health?    Nevertheless, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) refuses to make health the priority on two lethal fronts.

  One toxic group is frustratingly familiar: SDP buildings exude carcinogens such as asbestos and lead, as well as “merely infectious”, black mold, cockroaches, and rat and mouse feces which children and…

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[boardgames4two]

The Benefits of Playing Board Games

The Benefits of Playing Board Games

I suppose I can’t just simply write, “Because they rock!”, although I will start with that. Because they rock! I’ve been writing about board games for a while now and the more I write about them, the more I think about them, the more I realise they are one of the most overlooked tools in the arsenal of the thinking ape, or whatever it is we are. I know, there’s plenty of people who love board…

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[daunkauffman]

* * * NOWHERE TO HIDE * * * “The elephant in the [class]room”

* * * NOWHERE TO HIDE * * * “The elephant in the [class]room”

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Thanks to Anthony Cody who saw the merit in this blogpost and first posted it HERE  at “Living in Dialogue.”

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   Confessions of an ignorant and frustrated teacher

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Trauma during development or, childhood trauma, changes brain architecture and ability to learn and social behavior.  It impacts 2 out of 3 children at some level, but I didn’t even know what it was…

Childhood Trauma, or adverse…

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[neurons-and-glia]

The ultimate brain map

A new map of the human brain could be the most accurate yet, as it combines all sorts of different kinds of data. This might finally solve a century of disag...

The human brain has been mapped with unprecedented detail and more types of information than ever before! If you enjoyed the video, you can continue reading this article or even check out the original paper (NOT paywalled!).

[lagatagitanaseis]

Based in this, it makes even less sense to me to ignore a baby’s cries (for example, during “sleep training”), just because the parent feels the little one “is okay”. Not the first place where I’ve read that to the infant’s brain, this is certainly not the case.

[jebaqpt]