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    Learning with all your senses: Multimodal enrichment as the optimal   
   learning strategy of the future    
      
     Date:   
         February 1, 2023   
     Source:   
         Technische Universita"t Dresden   
     Summary:   
         Neuroscientists have compiled extensive interdisciplinary findings   
         from neuroscience, psychology, computer modelling and education on   
         the topic of 'learning' in a recent review article. The results of   
         the interdisciplinary review reveal the mechanisms the brain uses   
         to achieve improved learning outcome by combining multiple senses   
         or movements in learning. This kind of learning outcome applies to a   
         wide variety of domains, such as letter and vocabulary acquisition,   
         reading, mathematics, music, and spatial orientation.   
      
      
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   Many educational approaches assume that integrating complementary sensory   
   and motor information into the learning experience can enhance learning,   
   for example gestures help in learning new vocabulary in foreign language   
   classes.   
      
   In her recent publication, neuroscientist Katharina von Kriegstein   
   from Technische Universita"t Dresden and Brian Mathias of the   
   University of Aberdeen summarize these methods under the term   
   "multimodal enrichment." This means enrichment with multiple senses   
   and movement. Numerous current scientific studies prove that multimodal   
   enrichment can enhance learning outcomes.   
      
   Experiments in classrooms show similar results.   
      
      
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   In the review article, the two researchers compare these findings   
   with cognitive, neuroscience, and computational theories of multimodal   
   enrichment.   
      
   Recent neuroscience research has found that the positive effects of   
   enriched learning are associated with response in brain regions that   
   serve perception and motor function. For example, hearing a recently   
   learned foreign language word, may elicit activity in motor brain regions   
   if the word was associated with the performance of a congruent gesture   
   during learning. These brain responses are causal to the benefits of   
   multimodal enrichment for learning outcome. Computer algorithms confirm   
   this hypothesis.   
      
   "The brain is optimized for learning with all the senses and with   
   movement.   
      
   Brain structures for perception and motor skills work together to   
   promote this type of learning. We hope that our deeper understanding   
   of the brain's learning mechanisms, will facilitate the development of   
   optimal learning strategies in the future," explains Brian Mathias.   
      
   Katharina von Kriegstein adds, "The results of the literature we   
   reviewed contribute to our understanding of why several long-used   
   learning strategies, such as parts of the Montessori method, are   
   effective. They also provide clear clues as to why some approaches   
   are not as effective. Recently uncovered neuroscientific mechanisms   
   may inspire the updating of cognitive and computational theories of   
   learning, providing new hypotheses about learning. We anticipate that   
   such an interdisciplinary and evidence-based approach will lead to the   
   optimization of learning and teaching strategies in the future, for both   
   humans and artificial systems."   
       * RELATED_TOPICS   
             o Mind_&_Brain   
                   # Educational_Psychology # Learning_Disorders #   
                   Intelligence # K-12_Education # Brain_Injury #   
                   Language_Acquisition # Neuroscience # Dyslexia   
       * RELATED_TERMS   
             o Computational_neuroscience o Learning_disability o   
             Education o Cognitive_neuroscience o Neuroscience o Dyslexia   
             o Psycholinguistics o Cognitive_science   
      
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   Story Source: Materials provided by   
   Technische_Universita"t_Dresden. Original written by Nicole Gierig. Note:   
   Content may be edited for style and length.   
      
      
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. Brian Mathias, Katharina von Kriegstein. Enriched learning:   
      behavior,   
         brain, and computation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023; 27   
         (1): 81 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.10.007   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230201134225.htm   
      
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