Lisa Jacuzzi
M. Williams
English 1A
2 Sept. 2013
M. Williams
English 1A
Reeling in Research
In "The Passion Project" they talked about mirror
neurons. It was interesting to learn that mirror neurons are the reason why I’m
in a bad mood whenever my best friends are, or when they are really happy I am
happy with them. There are some teachers that are always in a bad mood or just
hate teaching one class. Because of our mirror neurons the teacher’s mood rubs
off on us.
An example of mirror neurons is the connection between a baby and its mother. J. Madeleine Nash talks about this connection in "THEGIFT OF Mimicry". "The brain sets
up a circuit linking the motor system that turns up the corners of the baby's
mouth to the visual image of the smiling mother to the emotional state we call
happiness"(Nash 1). At my church I would help a friend take care of her
son. When ever I was holding him or playing with him and I smiled he would
smile too.
A teacher should be enthusiastic and share their love of the subject with their students, that way the students will be enthusiastic also. For example my sign language teacher is always enthusiastic and funny; he always finds ways to get us to laugh. Because he is like this it makes us want to learn more signs and get better at signing. In the article "3 what is the function of mirror neurons?"(Thomson 1). The author Helen Thomson mentions that "Neuroscientists have speculated that in people, mirror neurons could represent the neural basis of empathy. They could also contribute to imitation and learning, and perhaps even language acquisition." when learning sign language we have to imitate our teacher so we can learn the signs. By imitating him many times through out class we start to understand sign language.
An example of mirror neurons is the connection between a baby and its mother. J. Madeleine Nash talks about this connection in "THE
A teacher should be enthusiastic and share their love of the subject with their students, that way the students will be enthusiastic also. For example my sign language teacher is always enthusiastic and funny; he always finds ways to get us to laugh. Because he is like this it makes us want to learn more signs and get better at signing. In the article "3 what is the function of mirror neurons?"(Thomson 1). The author Helen Thomson mentions that "Neuroscientists have speculated that in people, mirror neurons could represent the neural basis of empathy. They could also contribute to imitation and learning, and perhaps even language acquisition." when learning sign language we have to imitate our teacher so we can learn the signs. By imitating him many times through out class we start to understand sign language.
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