This is where I should've shared - Serotoning and Dopamine:

https://plus.google.com/113410528701060599227#113410528701060599227/posts

Tks, Kerry. Now working pretty fine. I really liked it. And I love this study on the amygdala, since I myself have some impulses due to my stressful-way-of-being, and when things don't go my way, I sometimes get furious and so "my amygdala is highjacked". That's why, Yoga and meditation are two challening areas for me. I even chose Emotion and Cognition and Social- Emotional Learning from the Cloud. I have to improve my emotional side so that I can live more peacefully inside. If you wish, pls see my comments on my PBworks link
http://flaviauhlmann.pbworks.com/w/page/62874251/Neuroscience%20in%20Education%20-%20Week%202%20tasks .
(I don't know if you can write a comment, but ask for my permission. I even asked Carla to help me solve this - as this is my first time using it.
All the best and see you around.

Thank you, Patricia, for sharing the link. For sure, I'll see the videos, as I need to improve my emotional side, due to stress. If you want to see my reflections, go to my portfolio. All the best. http://flaviauhlmann.pbworks.com/w/page/62874251/Neuroscience%20in%20Education%20-%20Week%202%20tasks

hello, dear NiEmates. I really enjoyed this week, especially because I could learn more about the Brain, Mind, Relationships, Emotion and Social Lelarning. That's why, I researched more on the following areas from the cloud. If you want to see my reflections, pls go to my portfolio:- http://www.morethansound.net/store/mindfulness/training-and-practice/working-with-mindfulness-download/prod_289.html

Links on Emotion and Cognition:
a) http://www.learner.org/courses/neuroscience/common_includes/si_flowplayer.html?pid=2386 – Dr. Mary Helen
b) Dr. Daniel Siegel Mind, Brain and Relationships= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPkaAevFHWU

and Links on Social-Emotional Learning:
a) http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video - Dr. Richard Davidson
b) On Self-awareness: http://danielgoleman.info/on-self-awareness/
Working with mindfulness - http://www.morethansound.net/store/mindfulness/training-and-practice/working-with-mindfulness-download/prod_289.html

You raise a good point, Patricia! We should always be aware that our body language also tells a lot to the students. It's always a two-way road!

Hello everybody and thank you for your links, reflections and insight !!!!! I really enjoy reading and learning with you all. I share my reflections in my portfolio:
http://neuroscienceandeducation.blogspot.com.ar/

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rswenson/NeuroSci/chapter_9.html

Interesting concepts how "physical" can influence our mind, and vice-versa. I really enjoyed looking into the Limbic System and reading through some of the comments here. My perception of the brain has already expanded. Unfortunately, for now, I cannot add anything that wasn't mentioned before me.

I started out looking at emotion and learning. I ended up looking into brain networks and, more specifically, the affective network. I wanted to find something that I could apply to teaching. exerpt from article: The affective network is required to interpret the world in terms of emotional impact and significance. They act as an emotional filter as we view everyday actions and make decisions based on emotion, motivation and biological drives. They assist in prioritizing and influence the decision to persist or shut down when things get difficult The author give suggestions for engaging students in the classroom. A summary can be found on my blog: http://brainwave2013.wordpress.com/

Oh my goodness, where does one begin? So much fascinating information. I particularly enjoyed Ms. Leiva`s slides http://www.slideshare.net/bleiva2003/leiva-brain-presentation-studentversion which she has kindly shared on Edmodo. There is also a helpful overview of the brain here http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/index.html. Like many of the other participants`, my attention gravitated to Emotions and learning and I hope to finish my blog post soon and share it with you all.

Chris, the memory-key website is great, thaks for sharing that. The prefrontal cortex text has left me worried about my teenage babysitter. I keep thinking `is her prefrontal cortex developed enough?` LOL

Thinking I'd keep it simple, I choose to focus on serotonin. What I'm learning takes my breath away! I'm amazed at how much our physical environment (including serotonin) affects our brains and our ability to focus and our resilience. Here is an older article from the New York Times, but it still has a great overview on serotonin and research they are working on:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/science/03angier.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Love the Amy Cuddy talk! I'm so going to try to incorporate power poses into my daily life. I also looked at emotion and learning and I found this article written by a professor of medicine. So many of the articles I found described emotional problems, but she talks about connecting to her learners on a personal level, reacting to their emotions and even provoking their emotions in order to enhance the learning experience. http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2010/07000/Learning_With_Emotion__A_Powerful_and_Effective.8.aspx

I've been devouring our lovely week 2 resources and your kind comments here - and really enjoying learning this way. Like most of you, I decided to take the plunge into the sea of emotions and learning, which led me to a nice website called Technology enhanced social emotional activities http://seltechnology.weebly.com/ - what attracts me there most, is concrete activities to use in class that can be adapted to various age levels - now off to cookg my week 2 something in my Cyberkitchen...

Wow guys! I loved the resources here and my brain is totally wired and motivated! I came back home this week after a long trip, so I just started reading the materials today! THANKS SOOOO VERY MUCH for all the amazing links, comments and posts here. I`ll try to catch up with you guys tomorrow. Many of the ideas here will help me deliver a workshop about task design next week and how important it is to design tasks that make our students motivated and eager to learn.

I also think learning can be enhanced by negative emotion - in my own experience, I distinctly remember a mistake i made in an L2 which others laughed at. I felt so embarrassed and I can guarantee I have strong emotive connections with that mistake - which I've carefully never made again! :) HAve you had a similar experience?

Yeah, Dani Lyra, welcome back to Brazil!!! Welcome back to EVO Neuroscience. Good to see you here, girlfriend! I wish I could attend your workshop, but unfortunately distance won't make it possible. Wish you success!

Hi, Marineide! Thank you for your story. I teach piano in music school and we always tell kids to dress up nice for the concerts. But, till now I wasn't aware of the effect it has to their feelings, behavior and performance! :) Incredible! :) Thanks! :)

I chose Dopamine from the word cloud. Since I teach piano playing, I looked for the relationship between:
Music, Brain, Drug, Dopamine, Happiness, Bach & Beethoven, Amygdala.
You may read what I found on my blog: http://neuroscience-maja.blogspot.com/2013/01/dopamine-music.html

Hi everyone,
I chose to know more about emotion and learning. I downloaded Zull's book and read chapter 4 to extend my knowledge and share my experiences.
Here is the link to my week 2 reflections http://azharreflections.blogspot.com/2013/01/neurosci-do-you-have-tonys-in-your.html

All the best!

Like most of us on this course, I decided to focus on the Emotional brain. Found some really interesting readings on the internet. Here's my post summarizing what I have learnt in Week 2: http://shillyard.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/a-desperate-struggle-to-survive-the-emotional-brain-and-learning/

I decided to read about emotions and learning and I found two interesting links that I recommend. http://edudemic.com/2012/08/the-10-biggest-ways-emotions-affect-learning/
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/teaching-values/751-the-role-of-emotions-in-learning.gs

I have been very busy this week and it is only now that I have found a bit of time. I focused on emotion and learning. There's a fascinating video by the U of Oregon here (10 minutes only): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8OziK-6IQI . More articles here: http://www.learner.org/courses/learningclassroom/support/05_emotions_learning.pdf and here: http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_13-editionID_49-ArticleID_146-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist%5Ckillcross.pdf
I got this post by Open Culture by email today: http://www.openculture.com/2013/01/join_cartoonist_lynda_barry_for_a_university-level_course_on_doodling_and_neuroscience.html . The course looks interesting and I'll try to find the time to lurk in Professor Barry's blog. The problem with web searches is that they only make you hungry for more information. I suppose that was the purpose of this activity:)

Thank you for the wonderful link, Kerry. This clarified the previous explanations and explained behaviors in a new light.
Laura Knudson

I focused on the limbic system. I read a Wikipedia article about it and watched an awesome Stanford University video of a lecture by Dr. Robert Sapolsky. Links in my ePortfolio: http://nina-s-neuroscience-in-education-eportfolio.posterous.com/task-3-expanding-your-learning-9058

Great discovery, Nina - can't stop watching....

this entry is short but very vivid and interesting, I think
http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_04/d_04_cr/d_04_cr_peu/d_04_cr_peu.html

Dear Marineida,
We, psychologists use to say that our clothes are a part of our extended self! It means that we take our dresses, blouses and jackets as a part of ourselves! So, if our exterior looks nice, we'll feel nice and pleasent! Here, in Serbia, we use to say "clothes does not make the man", well, socially maybe doesn't, but on psychological plan - it does!

Hi Simonida. I agree that clothes don't make who we are, but our clothing does reflect what's going on in the inside. The same as our homes reflect how we feel that day. A messy home may reflect depression. On the contrary, a VERY organized home, may reflect an OCD state. Anyway, these are all good reflections. Thanks for your comment.

Hi Nina Liakos, I like the way you write. Thanks for sharing.

I found this appealing.
http://languageissues2011.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/what-is-dopamine-dopamine-is.html?showComment=1359429103761#c6752004900429378096

It's very interesting learning about the importance of frontal cortex and how amygdala's activity control if informations storage

I `d like to share this web page and videos by Louanne Brizendine. It`s about the Female and Male Brain. Her findings are a great contribution to explain male and female behavior. Regarding her findings I ask : Should we have the differences in mind when we teach?

Catching up with the reading and... amazed with the discoveries.

Sorry for being behind schedule... many things to do. I know I posted something about the brain in general. Now I`d like to say, that I've reading about the amygdala and how it behaves regarding our emotions. It closely related to our emotions it is like a radar that detects the dangers and it is conceived as an instrument for surviving. It can control our brain. When our brain in under the amygdala control most of the processes stop working normally and the negative emotions overwhelm us. Under this state of mind we cannot learn.

That's exactly the point, Ida! We need to tap into learners' emotional brains in order to be successful facilitators of their learning process.