The woman you see above is known in the academic world: neuroanatomy esteem and admiration, Marian Diamond teaches at the University Berkeley. His studies of the effects the external environment, aging and immune responses have on the bark neocerebrale have shown how different types of input (enriched or impoverished) can alter the structure of the cerebral cortex of rats and their conduct accordingly.
From Studies have shown that enriched or impoverished environments may increase the size of the constituents of the cortex at any age (from prenatal until advanced old age: 90 years):
only 4 days of enrichment can create a growth statistically significant, as well as 4 days of depletion can significantly reduce cortical development.
interesting if we think our students, no?
anyone would consider it a privilege to sit in a classroom listening to his lectures, and everyone can see that the sought-after video of his course are gratis as part of a growing worldwide movement that has led many academic institutions to open doors to their exclusive courses. Berkeley, Stanford, Yale, MIT have put all their lessons on You Tube Edu (launched last March) so that children can listen to a lesson, interesting and prof has more time for questions.
For teachers, the result is found the opportunity to have feedback and to get noticed: instead of diving in the search are now working hard to become better teachers.
In 82 years, Professor Diamond instead of thinking of stepping aside, it is surprising for a chance to speak to the world and to enjoy messages from students and teachers from all over the planet: a satisfaction unthinkable before the Web 2.0 .
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