So, unraveling the interventions capable of increasing neurogenesis in children and adults may be an important way of improving learning.Ībout neuromyths and the need to count cells in the brain Neurogenesis seems to occur in key regions of the nervous system, specifically those involved with memory and learning. The reason why one should pay attention to the number of cells in the brain is that it may change along life under many different influences, either by accretion of new neurons (neurogenesis), or by loss derived from diseases.
New techniques were employed recently to show this is not true. The IBRO/IBE-UNESCO Science of Learning Fellowship aims to support and translate key neuroscience research on learning and the brain to educators, policy makers, and governments.Īmong the many neuromyths circulating in the scientific literature, perhaps the most famous one states that the human brain has a round number of one hundred billion neurons, and ten times more glial cells.
This report arises from Science of Learning Fellowships funded by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) in partnership with the International Bureau of Education (IBE) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
