When a person is under stress, especially chronic stress, they struggle to focus, can’t make smart or wise decisions, and have trouble remembering information they learn. In this episode, Lauren starts by walking through how the brain takes in and stores information. And uses that as the explanation for how the amygdala short circuits that process when under stress or trauma.

How to Teach Based on What We Know About the Brain (pt. 1)

This episode switches gears a bit in order to focus on how to teach people to listen, attend, engage, learn and remember. There are 5 steps to teaching so people remember information: pre-exposure, preview, prime, review, and revision. Lauren reviews each of these steps and gives examples on how to apply this in your teachings.

Brain, CommunicationLauren SpigelmyerJuly 24, 2023Teaching, educa, Brain development, Thinking BrainComment

The Wise Owl: Better Known as your Thinking Brain

In this episode, Lauren talks about the Prefrontal Cortex, often called the Thinking Brain, Wise Owl, or Upstairs Brain. Logic, reason, thought, and communication live here. And...it’s harder to access when we are upset.

Returning to us Podcast

Professor turned brain coach, speaker, and book devourer, I'm on a mission to use a trauma and neuroscience-based approach to help educators and parents, like you, to reduce stress, get students to listen, and diminish behaviors.