- Title
- A flourishing brain in the 21st century : a scoping review of the impact of developing good habits for mind, brain, well-being, and learning
- Creator
- Ekman, Rolf; Fletcher, Anna; Giota, Joanna; Eriksson, Axel; Thomas, Bertil; Bååthe, Frederik
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article; Review
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/187092
- Identifier
- vital:17001
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12305
- Identifier
- ISBN:1751-2271 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Emerging scientific knowledge such as the role of epigenetics and neuroplasticity—the brain's capability to constantly rewire with every action, experience, and thought—is fundamentally changing our understanding of the potential impact we can have on our brain. Our brain is formed by our habits in interaction with our body, the environment, influenced by our lifestyle, successes, failures, and traumas. Neuroplasticity proves that every student's brain is a work in progress, and it is never too late to take better care of one's cognitive fitness. This review presents a repertoire of good habits (GHs). Combined, we suggest that these GHs provide conditions for optimal brain health, by acting as a “Mental Vaccine” which enhances the brain's resilience to brain health-degrading challenges. We argue that schools have a crucial role to play in empowering students to increase their own stress resilience, well-being, and learning by developing their own GHs profile. © 2021 The Authors. Mind, Brain, and Education published by International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Wiley Periodicals LLC.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- Mind, Brain, and Education Vol. 16, no. 1 (2022), p. 13-23
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3209 Neurosciences; 3904 Specialist studies in education; 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
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