Writing+and+the+Brain+Neuroscience+Shows+the+Pathways+to+Learning

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 * __ Positive Brain State Crucial for Learning __**
 * The brain takes supportive and emotionally pleasurable situations and facilitates the passage of information through the amygdala up to the higher cognitive brain.
 *  However in a stressful environment intake is sent to the lower brain.
 * __ Why Writing is Great for the Brain __**
 *  It allows for creativity
 *  Students are more likely to work together, ask questions, revise and review work.
 *  Group activity allows for multisensory intake such as talking, writing, moving, and listening helps increase long term memory
 * To promote engagement and effort in the students, they need early opportunities to find personal pleasure in the material.