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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Taming the brain to better teach: To Have and To Be!

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL LEARNING ON THE HUMAN BRAIN

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26034/cortica.2023.3660
Submitted
February 20, 2023
Published
2023-03-20

Abstract

My brain, your brain, our brain are more than the sum of its parts. The when, where, and how of learning and memory taking place inside it still entails many hidden hypotheses to be investigated. The essay investigates how human brains encode their own learning and memory processes, how the topology of one's larger social network shows similar neural patterns to neural patterns of our friends and why safe learning environments are crucial.

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