Most of us find it hard to keep the parts of the brain in mind. I know I do – Latin names are difficult to hold onto. Anterior cingulate… Corpus calloscum… Here’s a short video of Dan Siegel describing the brain in easy to understand terms. He uses a great, always available teaching aid — your hand.
The hand model of the brain
Dan uses this handy (honestly, I did not see that pun until I was proofreading this) teaching aid with everyone from therapists and other professionals to parents and their children. It certainly beats the $400 model of the brain I was looking at!
Catherine Boyer, MA, LCSW-R
New York Neurofeedback
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