QUOTE RESEARCH

FALSE QUOTES with evidence and comments. Hundreds of wrong quotes, memes, cuckoo quotes, citation puzzles, apocryphal, problematic and distorted quotes, misquotations, misattributed and fake quotes. (The collection is constantly being expanded.) By GERALD KRIEGHOFER.

Saturday April 21, 2018

"A man should plant a tree in his life, build a house and father a son." Martin Luther (allegedly)

The old adage is sometimes attributed to Martin Luther, among others, but has not been found in his writings.

The origin of the proverb is in two sources: in the Babylonian Talmud and in Montesquieu’s letter novel "Persian letters".

Brain research goes to school: neurodidactics and learning

November 14, 2018

Brain and school – questions for Martin Korte

The subject area of school and learning is full of excitement: for the children, of course, but also for parents and teachers. After all, in the end all social needs are personal for everyone concerned.

Martin Korte, born in 1964, is a professor of neurobiology at the TU Braunschweig and studied with Wolf Singer and Tobias Bonhoeffer among others. His research focuses on the cellular basics of learning and remembering as well as the processes of forgetting. He is the author of "How children learn today. What science knows about the child’s brain. The school success manual" and "Young in the head. Amazing insights from brain research into aging".

For a month we collected your questions on the relationship between learning, school and brain research in the comments and on Facebook and then to the biologist Martin Korte from the TU Braunschweig (author of "How children learn today: what science knows about the child’s brain – The Handbook for School Success ”). Here are the answers.

Brain research – child: development of the theory of mind

November 14, 2018

Recognize yourself – in the mirror

If you hold up a mirror to an infant, he will not recognize that the face there is his own. It is only a few months later that the child is able to recognize itself. Five areas of the brain help.

The ability to recognize yourself in the mirror is considered an indicator of self-confidence.
Children develop the ability to recognize themselves between the ages of six and 18 months; this phase of development is called the mirror stage.
Your own reflection is formative for our self-image, but it takes a lot more to understand your self.

The mirror test is available in different versions. The best known standardized method is the Rouge test. A red spot is painted unnoticed on the forehead and then held up a mirror. If the child then looks in the mirror and tries to wipe the stain off its own forehead, the test is passed. The scientists conclude from this reaction that the child has recognized itself in the mirror.