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A girl opens her book for the first time.\u00a0Look at some mysterious signs.\u00a0His teacher is drawing them very large on the board and says: “It’s the letter A!”\u00a0The exciting adventure (or hard work) of learning to read has just begun.\u00a0It all depends on an astonished brain and its curious mind.<\/p>\n

Astonishment and curiosity push the human being to seek meaning to everything around him.\u00a0And to learn.<\/p>\n

Although this\u00a0ability to learn<\/a>\u00a0is maximal during childhood, it does not have to stop for the rest of life, because the brain is an organ that continues to form permanently.\u00a0Some neurons linked to others, through synapses, establish and modulate circuits: this is what is called neuronal plasticity.<\/p>\n

From a humble slug to a Nobel winner,\u00a0all animals<\/a>\u00a0share that innate ability to associate an external change (stimulus) to an internal modification of their neural circuits (response), which translates into a new behavior (that is, the learned behavior ).\u00a0Thus, the persistence of certain stimuli will cause some synapses to be potentiated, while others are weakened.\u00a0Learning is, therefore, an inherent characteristic of the nature of nervous systems.<\/p>\n

How our brain learns<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The structure related to consolidating learning is the hippocampus, aided by dense connections established by another structure, the amygdala, which bind it to the hypothalamus and broad cortical areas.\u00a0This allows for a strong connection between what\u00a0excites<\/em>\u00a0and what has been\u00a0learned<\/em><\/p>\n

But it is not enough to know something, but you also have to be able to use it.\u00a0In this task the temporal medial lobe is essential, active when things are memorized.\u00a0On the other hand, the ventromedial prefrontral cortex predicts when that information will be needed.<\/p>\n

Now, nothing is achieved if it is not desired.\u00a0A reward and pleasure center is in charge of this last requirement: the nucleus accumbens.\u00a0It depends on motivation, ability to achieve and planning.<\/p>\n

With all this the brain is prepared to continuously acquire new knowledge and skills that are essential to adapt to a changing environment and enjoy it.\u00a0The key is how you will do it.<\/p>\n

Suffer or play?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

From the beginning the researchers associated effort (and even suffering) with learning.\u00a0These were guidelines derived from exposure to stimuli that should be run away (classically called “aversion learning”).\u00a0However, the reward mechanisms also showed, very soon, its effectiveness in getting to know the world and connecting the individual with it.<\/p>\n

Here where the adaptive value of the game appears.<\/p>\n

There is much evidence that the game is a fundamental piece during growth, especially in primates.\u00a0In fact, it is no accident that the most playful stages (childhood and youth) coincide with the phases of greatest brain development and connection formation (synaptogenesis).<\/p>\n

Playing has a cost, so if it is maintained it is because of the evolutionary benefits that it entails.\u00a0The game nurtures all maturational aspects and forms the basis for success in obtaining cognitive, social, physical and emotional skills.\u00a0In addition, it is very fun!<\/p>\n

Learning by playing allows repeating (training) guidelines that are perfected while stimulating the neural reward circuits.\u00a0For example, some chimpanzee communities have seen subjects\u00a0caring for<\/em> stones or small branches<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0dolls<\/em>\u00a0, while other groups get angry and fight among themselves.<\/p>\n

The interesting thing is that, although the playful behavior reminds of the authentic behavior, those who carry it out somehow know that it is not really happening.\u00a0For this they have common signals focused on putting “game face”.\u00a0In it, the position of the mouth is fundamental.\u00a0So much so that not only\u00a0primates<\/a>\u00a0recognize it\u00a0but also other animal groups.<\/p>\n

These games allow you to manage tensions and improve care, appeasement or hierarchical behaviors.<\/p>\n

Playing is the basis of more complex social behaviors such as cooperation (with the empathy that this requires).\u00a0It has also been proposed that the game could foster creativity and even culture, which would explain what happened among macaques in Japan, where manipulative strategies have spread beyond the original community.<\/p>\n

In short,\u00a0playing is a very effective way of learning<\/a>\u00a0with which to explore the world and experiment with real-life situations without danger.\u00a0Even in\u00a0Don Quixote it<\/em>\u00a0is affirmed that\u00a0the letter with blood enters<\/a>\u00a0, but neuroscience gives us a lot of data about how it is actually learned.\u00a0While it is true that pain can be learned, it is no less that it also teaches fun.\u00a0Most likely, with much more success.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Susana P. Gaytan is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Seville<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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