LEARNING WITH THE BRAIN AND BODY IN MIND:
OPTIMIZING LEARNING FOR CLASSROOM AND OFFICE ENVIRONMENT 

Danilo BV. Tuazon, Ph.D.,D. Litt
Dempa Publications and Dempa Consultants
Presenter

CURRICULUM VITAE

Danilo Bv. Tuazon Vice-President Corporate Psychologist and Consultant of Dempa Publications and Dempa Consultants based in Japan. He had been a speaker to the 27h International Congress of Psychology in Singapore in 2002 with his topic on “Japanese Expatriates in the Philippines and Filipino Workers” and at U.P. in 2004 with the topic on Teaching with the Brain and Body in Mind: Workshops in Applied Neuropsychology.”

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK

It is easy to learn as long as one is provided the “natural-optimal” environment. Factors relevant to consider to get the best out of the learning experience are Time of Day for better comprehension, Sleep and Laughter as stimulants for the right chemical flow, Rest and Downtime as strengthening tool in memory integration, environmental cues like color, scent, background music as a coder, sequencing of presentation for best attention, movement as an important initiator of storing information.

Teaching with the Brain and Body in Mind taps strategies which are dependent on the natural processes of the brain: how our brain reacts to incoming stimulation.  Learning new information should flow according to this pattern in order to be processed and organized well by our system for maximal effect.