The dynamic interaction between a teacher and a group of learners is fundamental to the learning process in the classroom, yet we know very little about how the brain supports these interactions. Ido Davidesco’s research utilizes portable electroencephalogram (EEG) technology to measure the brain activity of groups of students during science classroom activities. Using this method, Ido and his colleagues have demonstrated that students’ and teachers’ brainwaves become synchronized (i.e. exhibit temporally coupled response patterns) when teachers and students are interacting with each other. Further, brain-to-brain synchrony was found to be predictive of students’ engagement and social relationships. In his talk, he will discuss these findings as well as how brain technologies can be used to engage students in authentic research in their own classroom.
Ido Davidesco is a research assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the Department of Psychology at New York University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and NYU. His research merges cognitive neuroscience with education research by measuring students’ and teachers’ brain activity in real-world environments.
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