Teacher Development Course

Brain-Friendly Learning
 ANALYTICAL HOLISTIC
LOGICAL
TIME-
INTUITIVE
SENSITIVE

L R
PROCESSING
INVOLVED
ABSTRACT
WITH
COGNITION
SENSORY
SPEECH PERCEPTION
 CROSS-OVER PRINCIPLE
SOFTLY CROSSES

CORPUS COLOSSUM -VISUAL

-TOUCH
-AUDITORY

THICKER IN THE FEMALE BRAIN

 ANALYTICAL HOLISTIC
LOGICAL
TIME-
INTUITIVE
SENSITIVE

L R
PROCESSING
INVOLVED
ABSTRACT
WITH
COGNITION
SENSORY
SPEECH PERCEPTION
 Which Type of Learner Are You ?
LEFT (Analytic)
Successive Hemispheric Style
1. Verbal
2. Responds to word meaning
3. Sequential
4. Processes information linearly
5. Responds to logic
6. Plans ahead
7. Recalls people's names
8. Speaks with few gestures
9. Punctual
10. Prefers formal study design
11. Prefers bright lights while studying
RIGHT (Global)
Simultaneous Hemispheric Style
1. Visual
2. Responds to tone of voice
3. Random
4. Processes information in varied order
5. Responds to emotion
6. Impulsive
7. Recalls people's faces
8. Gestures when speaking
9. Less punctual
10. Prefers sound/music background while
studying
11. Prefers frequent mobility while
studying
Find the Differences
Find the Differences
Let’s see what cognitive processes and which
brain areas are involved in this exercise:

-You have to identify the objects that you see: this

involves your occipital lobes (in red, below)
- You have to analyze the spatial relationships
between the objects that you see: this involves
your occipital and parietal (in green) lobes
- You have to remember what you see in one
picture and compare it to what you see in the
other picture, that is you have to use your short-
term memory:
- this involves your frontal (in blue) and parietal
lobes
- You have to mark down the locations where you
see a difference: this involves mostly your frontal
lobes (for the movement)
Did you realize that so much was going on in your
brain during that seemingly simple exercise?
 Find the Differences
Answers:
• - One of the characters on the white sign (top
right)
- Sign on the grey wall (bottom left)
-Tail of the big fish on the left side of the building
- Posting on the sign leaning on the building on
the right side of the building
- One of the small wooden characters on the left
side of the building, under the big fish
Brain Teaser 1. In which direction is the
bus pictured below traveling?
Brain Teaser 2. You think you know the colors?
 Brain Teaser 3.  Find the Homographs
• Dr. Pascale Michelon created this one. In the columns below you have
five pairs of words. Your goal is to find a third word that is connected or
associated with both of these two words.
• The first pair is PIANO and LOCK. The answer is KEY. The word key is
connected with both the word piano and the word lock: there are KEYS on
a piano and you use a KEY to lock doors….
• Key is what is called a homograph: a word that has more than one
meaning but is always spelled the same.
• Ready to stimulate connections in your temporal lobe? Enjoy!

1. LOCK – PIANO
• 2. SHIP – CARD
• 3. TREE – CAR
• 4. SCHOOL – EYE
• 5. PILLOW – COURT
Brain Teaser 4. Have We Stressed You Out?

• Here is a very quick test to determine your stress level now.

Read the following description completely before looking at
the picture.
• The picture below was used in a case study on stress levels at
St. Mary's Hospital. Look at both dolphins jumping out of the
water. The dolphins are identical. A closely monitored,
scientific study revealed that, in spite of the fact that the
dolphins are identical; a person under stress would find
differences between the two dolphins. The more differences a
person finds between the dolphins, the more stress that
person is experiencing.
• Look at the photograph, and if you find more than one or two
differences, you may want to take a vacation, or at least get a
massage.
Is that a polar bear or a seal on the optical
illusion below?

 
Which table is bigger?