It does fit my educational philosophy because the psychological research on level of concern as a variable of motivation has been around for a long time. We know that students can neither have too little nor too much anxiety if learning is to occur. It may be my philosophy, but my philosophy is not just pulled from the air. It, too, is researched based. As you walk by classrooms that use texts and require memorization you cringe.
Rote memorization is brain-antagonistic.
The fact that rote memorization is not brain antagonistic does fit with my educational philosophy but again that philosophy is based on the psychological principle of rehearsal being a strategy for getting an item into short term memory and then into long term. In my class on effective instruction we discuss practice theory which includes rote memorization as ONE strategy. Environments primarily determine learner success. I don't know if the neuroscience findings back this or not. I would not, at this point, teach it as part of my class.