CIECA MALTA 2011Why is it important to increase the understanding ofWhy is it important to increase the understanding of

the brain among driving teachers?

Dagfinn Moe Senior Research ScientistSINTEF NORWAY (dagfinn.moe@sintef.no)

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What do you learn at the driving school?

All learningare brainbasedare brainbased

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”I want to know what sort of changes learning produce in the g g pneural network,and how is memory stored and maintained”

(Eric R Kandel)

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Nerve impulses are the the brains language(Exitation-Inhibition)

SYNAPSESYNAPSE

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ALL LEARNING IS BRAIN-BASED

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It d t th t t h d t It does not mean that every teacher needs to memorize 50 biochemicals and 50 brain areas responsible for cognition,emotions and actionsp g

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What do we know about learningWhat do we now a out earn ngand the brain?

How can we communicateHow can teachers questionsd h this knowledge?drive neuroscience research?

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Four young people (4) killed and one (1) seriously injured in a head on accident between a Golf 1990 model and a heavy vehicle.a head on accident between a Golf 1990 model and a heavy vehicle.

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Sensory:body controlspatial skills, associations”CEO”

Auditory Vision

Chief Executive Officer

AuditoryVestibular

Vision

CerebellumCoordination

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Neural growth/pruning and connections/myelination(Joaquin M Fuster – Cognits)

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Neural growth/pruning and connections/myelination(Beatriz Luna– Pittsburg University)

Luna-2010

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Memory – neural network (Fuster;cognits)

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fMRI-group in Bergen, Norway 2008The effect of alcohol on working memoryg y

(Gundersen, Grüner, Specht and Hugdahl-2008)

Sober BAC 0,08

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Combat betweenemotions and cognitive controlemotions and cognitive control

•Reward seeking – Novelty seeking

Galvan et al 2006 Developmental Science

g y g•Reduced activity in areas of the frontal cortex

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Allan Williams; Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (2008)Allan Williams; Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (2008)

”The study of driving has generally not drawn on findingsfrom research on adolescent development

and that the model for thinking about teen drivers is fairly narrow and simplistic”fairly narrow and simplistic

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Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

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