Using the Science of Learning (Neuroplasticity)

To Inform Our Teaching

Dorothy Kozlowski Ph.D. - BiologyChristine Skolnik Ph.D. – WRD

Sandra Virtue Ph.D. – PsychologyJane Brody - Theatre

NEUROPLASTICITY•“The brain's natural ability to form

new connections in order to compensate for injury or changes in one's environment” dictionary.com

Figure 8.11 Signaling mechanisms underlying LTP

Figure 8.6 The rodent hippocampus

Figure 8.7 Long-term potentiation of Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses (Part 2)

Figure 8.9 LTP at a CA1 pyramidal neuron receiving inputs from two independent pathways

Figure 8.12 Addition of postsynaptic AMPA receptors during LTP (Part 1)

Figure 8.14 Mechanisms responsible for changes in synaptic transmission during LTP (Part 2)

Principles Needed for LTP

• Associativity• Multimodal• Frequency• Personal Importance

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Figure 9.8 Schematic representation of the main mechanosensory pathways (Part 1)

Multimodal

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Frequency

Personal Importance