We shouldn't act as though there is a difference between cognition and emotion. Whether educators will begin to take more cues from neuroscience remains to be seen. The Dana Foundation, which co-sponsored the July conference on education and neuroscience, has launched a small grant program designed to encourage partnerships between the two fields. In the meantime, McGaugh suggests that teachers should look to the field in the same way astronomers once looked to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. An almond-shaped cluster just above the brain stem that triggers emotions.
Most neurons have only one axon.
The part of the neuron where information is received and stored. It is the layer of gray matter that covers the cerebrum. Each of the five senses has its own relay station and its own area of the cortex. The short, branching extensions of a nerve cell that receive stimuli from other cells. It is one of three parts that make up the neuron.