[Reading-hall-of-fame] Has brain science changed how you teach about readi

[David Olson]

Yetta wrote: But the brain is involved in deciding what to learn at the
same time.  It rejects boredom, new information that is not comprehensible
and aversive knowledge and senses.


Yetta, this may be a terminological problem, but it is  misleading to say
that the brain "decides" or "rejects" anything.  Of course the brain is
involved when we decide anything.  Intentioinality (deciding, thinking,
planning, reading) belongs to persons not brains, stomachs, livers or any
other organ.  The brain processes, computes, operates, grows white cells,
etc. when we read or do anything but it does not do things independently
of us, the actual agents.  I would say it is a different level of
discourse.  Jerome Kagen's new book on psychological explanation "The
three cultures" (CUP) is good on this.  So I agree with Jay on this point.

David

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