• BRENDA TRUELOVE

ENVIRONMENTAL • EDU417: Cognitive Studies Capstone

AND CHEMICAL • Instructor: Ken Caron
FACTORS • March 10, 2019
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
• Dopamine
• Serotonin
• Acetylcholine
ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS
• FAMILY
• SCHOOL
• FRIENDS
• NEIGHBORHOOD
• CLUBS OR ORGANIZATIONS
DOPAMINE
• Is an organic chemical that plays several important roles not only in
the brain but in the body as while.
• Our brains are wired to make learning fun.
• “Dopamine not only motivates us to learn, but it also helps us retain
that new information. Dr Martha Burns, a neuroscientist and leading
expert on how children learn, calls dopamine the (save button).
(Burns, 2007, pg. 27)”
• Dopamine has the ability to help us remember an event or experience.
The most interesting thing about dopamine is that the more of it that
is released the better the chance we remember.
• Positive reinforcement increases the level of dopamine.
 SEROTONIN
• Involved in learning from reinforcement.
• Has the ability to flexibly to change
behavior.
• Involved in the progression of mood, sleep,
appetite, impulsive and aggressive behavior.
ACETYLCHOLINE
“Acetylcholine is released in the brain during
learning and is critical for the acquisition of new
memories. Its role is to facilitate the activity of
NMDA receptors, proteins that control the
strength of connections between nerve cells in
the brain (Buchanan, 2010).”
 NEUROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS FACTORS
DOPAMINE RECESS
INCREASE OXYGEN TO SOLITARY PLAY
BRAIN
ALTERATION TO EXERCISE PLAY

MOVEMENT NEUROTRANSMITTER
STRUCTUAL CHANGES IN STAND AND STRETCH
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM
FUNCTIONAL PLAY
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIVE
GAMES
 NEUROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS FACTORS

IMPAIR THE BRAIN CONCENTRATION

FUNCTIONING
ORGANIZATION
SLEEP SKILLS
NEGATIVE EFFECT MEMORY
ON MEMORY
BRAIN POWER BEHAVIOR
 NEUROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS FACTORS
BRAIN BALANCED MEALS
DEVELOPMENT
NUTRITION SEROTONIN MOOD
ACETYLOCHOLINE BEHAVIOR
 NEUROCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS FACTORS
DOPAMINE ENRICHING
LEARNING
DESIRE EXTENDING
TECHNOLOGY LEARNING
ADDICATION REINFORCING
LEARNING
REFERENCES

Buchanan KA, Petrovic MM, Chamberlain SEL, Marrion NV & Mellor JR.
Facilitation of Long-Term Potentiation by Muscarinic M1 Receptors is
mediated by inhibition of SK channels. Neuron, DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.
2010.11.018

Burns, Martha. Neuroscience and Education: Enhancing All Students' Capacity to

Learn [online]. Teacher: The National Education Magazine, Sept 2007: 26-
29.