Learning and the Brain

What type of cells make up our brains?

• Neurons

• Brainos

• Stem Cells

• Elastic Cells

True of False: Different Parts of Our Brains have Different Roles in Shaping our Behavior.

• True

• False

True of False: The structure of our brains are the same as they were last week.

• True

• False

Neurons communicate

• Through sound waves

• By making physical connections to one another

• Through electrical signals

• By bumping into one another

When we Learn Something Our Brain Forms...

• New Brain Cells

• New Parts of Our Brain

• New Neural Pathways/Connections

• New Muscles

If we do not use something we learned we forget it because of the process known as...

• Retrieval

• Pruning

• Brain Plasticity

• Losing