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Mind/Brain Myth-busters seminar is Friday-Saturday
Educators from the region have been invited Sept. 14-15 to examine popular myths
and realities regarding "brain-based" teaching and learning. Consider whether the
following are fact or fiction: Does the brain grow more neurons when we learn? Does
exercise make you smarter? Are male and female brains different? The Mind/Brain
Myth-busters seminar in the Student Union Conference Center will help those attending
understand what is myth and what is real.
This seminar kicks off a new multidisciplinary mind/brain initiative at Minot State
University. Eighteen faculty members attended the Learning and the Brain Conferences
sponsored by the Harvard Mind, Brain and Education program and others during 2006-
2007. MSU faculty members, along with P-12 educators and experts from the community
will provide information and interactive discussion on topics such as perception, attention,
memory, motivation, emotion, reading, math, substance use/abuse, gender differences,
sleep, exercise, left/right, nature/nurture and the like.
If there is room not taken by paid registrants, MSU personnel or students may sit
in, but meals are not included.
Seminar Schedule [pdf]
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