Ted Talk
How the brain learns to See by Pawan Sinha
http://www.ted.com/talks/pawan_sinha_on_how_brains_learn_to_see.html
Temple Grandin
http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Helen Fisher: The Brain on Love Ted Talks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfoGTIG7pY
So many literary references about romantic love is what makes this extra fun for me.
I heard, "Want, motivation, reward lives in the reptilian center of your brain, and when you are denied something your brain in the wanting center becomes more active." 6min 29sec.
You're feeling intense focus, motivation, willing to risk it all. She's talking about love, but could it also apply to other intense desires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfoGTIG7pY
So many literary references about romantic love is what makes this extra fun for me.
I heard, "Want, motivation, reward lives in the reptilian center of your brain, and when you are denied something your brain in the wanting center becomes more active." 6min 29sec.
You're feeling intense focus, motivation, willing to risk it all. She's talking about love, but could it also apply to other intense desires.
How Boys are portrayed in cinema and video games
I was watching a video game that shocked me.
Here's the premise. You start the game, a man on a wagon. You don't know where you are, where you are going or who you are with. The others are speaking. You are listening, but you don't know for what clue. You're a prisoner. You're forced off the wagon, and inspected. You don't know what the outcome will be, but it's desperate. Then there is fire, fighting, an escape. You run, you take weapons off dead people, maybe their armor if you like it better. You swim with your hatchet on your back. You're in survival mode. You can take the wings off a butterfly. (But why would you?) Because it may be part of a magic potion. Everything in this world is FOR you. You need to survive. The times are desperate. You don't know who you can trust, and anyone else is a threat.
The entitlement is a relative of "Manifest Destiny". It is my destiny to take everything for me, and kill who I need to get it. To leave the butterfly dead, the land burned, is not my problem, I'm on the run.
The scary thing for me, is we do live on the run, with cortisol pumping through us. Can we physiolgically differentiate between make believe and real life. In real life, will we act with entitlement because we are practiced and trained to do so.
Sex, Drugs, violence sells. Well...... maybe we should have a conscience and not make it to make money. Maybe we should think about the children we are raising, and hold their well-being as the most important. Raping and pillaging the land isn't a far cry, from those willing to fill the minds of youth with "what sells" so they can make a buck, totally disregarding the life behind the dollar.
I love what Colin Stokes has to say about "How movies teach manhood". He says we need movies that are role models for boys on Ted Talks. Men that protect their sisters and collaborate with others; instead of fighting and going it alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueOqYebVhtc
Here's the premise. You start the game, a man on a wagon. You don't know where you are, where you are going or who you are with. The others are speaking. You are listening, but you don't know for what clue. You're a prisoner. You're forced off the wagon, and inspected. You don't know what the outcome will be, but it's desperate. Then there is fire, fighting, an escape. You run, you take weapons off dead people, maybe their armor if you like it better. You swim with your hatchet on your back. You're in survival mode. You can take the wings off a butterfly. (But why would you?) Because it may be part of a magic potion. Everything in this world is FOR you. You need to survive. The times are desperate. You don't know who you can trust, and anyone else is a threat.
The entitlement is a relative of "Manifest Destiny". It is my destiny to take everything for me, and kill who I need to get it. To leave the butterfly dead, the land burned, is not my problem, I'm on the run.
The scary thing for me, is we do live on the run, with cortisol pumping through us. Can we physiolgically differentiate between make believe and real life. In real life, will we act with entitlement because we are practiced and trained to do so.
Sex, Drugs, violence sells. Well...... maybe we should have a conscience and not make it to make money. Maybe we should think about the children we are raising, and hold their well-being as the most important. Raping and pillaging the land isn't a far cry, from those willing to fill the minds of youth with "what sells" so they can make a buck, totally disregarding the life behind the dollar.
I love what Colin Stokes has to say about "How movies teach manhood". He says we need movies that are role models for boys on Ted Talks. Men that protect their sisters and collaborate with others; instead of fighting and going it alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueOqYebVhtc
Body Language
Otherwise known as nonverbal communication. In this field there is a need to leverage all kinds of communication with our autistic folks. In case, they are not verbal, lets give them every tool in the shed.
On a different note, I saw an amazing Ted talk where a woman talks about how intentionally changing your body positioning can change your cortisol and testosterone levels.
Here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc
First, I'm thinking as an Instructional Aide:
It is human nature to complement not challenge the body language in front of you.
(So, if our children make themselves big....we shrink?)
Men tend to take up more space. It's a testosterone thing.
This talk says fake it 'til you make it. Hmmmm......?
Would practicing power poses even in the comfort of my own home, or on break change my hormone levels? Her study points to YES.
Can I use this technique to change the power differential between us with changing little else?
Maybe. In my classroom, the children are 95-100% compliant with two of the guys.
Can I inhabit this zone? Can I embody their low reactivity (cortisol levels) and high testosterone, and achieve the same results? It's worth a try.
I know as it is. My cortisol levels are high. (Even if I try to keep a poker face. I can taste the stress, and I notice it in the types of foods I crave after work, and the sleep as if crashing after an adrenaline rush.) I do sometimes rub my neck. This posture, is a particularly "low power" pose. Knowing that I will be cognizant not to do with with kids.
Women tend to make themselves small. This field seems to be 85% female in staff, and 90% male in autistic kids. We may need to carry our energy differently.
On a different note, I saw an amazing Ted talk where a woman talks about how intentionally changing your body positioning can change your cortisol and testosterone levels.
Here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc
First, I'm thinking as an Instructional Aide:
It is human nature to complement not challenge the body language in front of you.
(So, if our children make themselves big....we shrink?)
Men tend to take up more space. It's a testosterone thing.
This talk says fake it 'til you make it. Hmmmm......?
Would practicing power poses even in the comfort of my own home, or on break change my hormone levels? Her study points to YES.
Can I use this technique to change the power differential between us with changing little else?
Maybe. In my classroom, the children are 95-100% compliant with two of the guys.
Can I inhabit this zone? Can I embody their low reactivity (cortisol levels) and high testosterone, and achieve the same results? It's worth a try.
I know as it is. My cortisol levels are high. (Even if I try to keep a poker face. I can taste the stress, and I notice it in the types of foods I crave after work, and the sleep as if crashing after an adrenaline rush.) I do sometimes rub my neck. This posture, is a particularly "low power" pose. Knowing that I will be cognizant not to do with with kids.
Women tend to make themselves small. This field seems to be 85% female in staff, and 90% male in autistic kids. We may need to carry our energy differently.
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