TITLE:
Metaphorical Thinking: Its Link to Neurochemistry of Learning
AUTHORS:
Cittoor G. Navaneedhan, T. J. Kamalanabhan
KEYWORDS:
Metaphorical Thinking, Learning Capabilities, Radioactivity, Information Processing Ability and Cognition
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.7 No.3,
March
15,
2016
ABSTRACT: Metaphorical thinking has a close
relationship to individual’s learning capabilities as it determines an
individual’s ability to associate the given concept to an experience outside
its environment for e.g. if a teacher explains the concept of Radioactivity in
the class, Metaphorical thinking determines is the ability of the individual to
associate the concept Radioactivity to solid waste decay which are totally
different concepts yet possess a certain degree of similarity. For every
association that Metaphorical thinking initiates, there exist neuronal
activities in prefrontal cortex of the brain, the centre of learning. Greater
is the ability of an individual to associate the experience with cognition,
greater would be the ability to process the given information processing
ability. The lack of ability to associate between experience and cognition
results in attention deficiency among learners. The present paper explains that
practice of Metaphorical thinking statements during teaching-learning process
increases the brain activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain in turn
enables to promote the information processing ability of the individuals.