Brain scientists believe that humans are influenced by the prefrontal cortex and myelin, and that a child's learning pattern before the age of 6 is called "discovery learning."
That is, to explore the world without restrictions through some autonomous ways, which determines that the child is easily attracted by anything else.
Then they will show that they are not paying attention, and they are playing with blocks, and when they see a car passing by, they immediately go to see the car.
Although this phenomenon is the natural trajectory of children's growth, it does not mean that children will always be like this. As children grow older and learn better, they are able to focus their attention on important tasks and process important information.
If it is still easy to be distracted by other things, resulting in distraction and distraction, it means that the child's brain needs to improve the processing of information, the selection and distribution of attention to information, and other functions.
Some parents feel that children who concentrate on learning have an active brain and are constantly receiving information, while children who are distracted have an empty brain and do not receive valid information.
In fact, this is not the case, the brain is constantly obtaining all kinds of information from the outside world at any time, and the reason for the subsequent differences is that we have to mention an important system in the brain that is responsible for processing informationMesh activation system（ras，reticular activating system）。
In a South Korean documentary called "There Are No Children Who Can't Learn" EBS, it was mentioned that there is a system in the child's brain called the "reticular activation system", which can make the child concentrate.
The reticular activation system is a mixed structure of nerve cells and nerve fibers in the ventral center of the brainstem.
The nerve nuclei and fiber bundles in the reticular activation system have two characteristics: the fibers emitted from each nucleus are scattered to many parts of the forebrain (including the cerebral cortex), brainstem, and spinal cord, and the projection to the cerebral cortex is also known as the ascending reticular activation system.
To put it simply, the reticular activation system is the filter of our brain, and all learning begins with the reception of information from the senses (hearing, sight, taste, touch, smell), and all sensory input must pass through the reticulo activation system to be received by the higher brain regions.
The brain is constantly bombarded with information from the body's senses, which enters the reticular activation system and is combed and arranged to be transmitted to different areas of the brain.If important information (e.g., what the teacher says, questions in the workbook) enters the superficial cortex of the brain, then the child can concentrate on learning.
If other information enters the cerebral cortex (e.g., the laughter of classmates on the playground, the sound of the TV in the living room), then the child will focus on these things that are not related to learning, and lose the important tasks that he should be doing right now.
So how can we strengthen the transmission of important information by the brain reticular activation system, so that the cerebral cortex can better allocate attention and make efficient decisions and execution?
01 Confirm the goal repeatedly.
A study by the National Institutes of Health found that writing down goals in a diary can stimulate the cells of the brain's "reticular activation system", and the more detailed the goal, the clearer the mental blueprint and the more likely it is to achieve the goal.
For example, you should establish a sense of purpose for yourself before attending the class, and preview the course in advance, so that you know what to do and what you can learn in this class.
When the goal is clear, the reticular activation system directs us to focus on all the possible things that we were not aware of before and that are conducive to achieving the goal.
From this scientific point of view, and based on the professional method of psychological cognition and behavior, the psychological cognitive training helps children correctly recognize their own learning and improvement goals, and is guided by teachers one-on-one to gradually improve children's learning and daily behavior performance.
02 Learn with curiosity.
Neuroimaging research results have shown that network activation systems are more likely to receive new and unusual information and changes related to happiness, as well as sensory input that can stimulate individual curiosity.
This suggests that engaging students in learning activities that increase dopamine release not only allows them to learn with pleasure, but also enhances their concentration, memory, and motivation to learn.
That's why we can study things that we are interested in, things that we are curious about, very seriously.
Let children create new things with fun, curiosity and happiness and improve their comprehensive ability.
