Experimental Research on the Relationship between Brain Waves and Brain Activity : Monitoring Brain Wave Activity During a Debate about Science

Abstract

Today, when we consider science education and research, we can see that it is being developed around the schema theory in recognition psychology. But brain structure schema has not developed sufficiently, so we must increase the pace of research into the brain. Noninvasive brain wave monitoring equipment has been developed that makes it easy to conduct research into brain activity. While doctors make use of brain waves, they are unable to apply the study of brain waves to the recognition field of education research. More specifically, we have not done research into the teaching and learning processes and, specifically, into how students interact in a debate. We are unable to clarify what is being measured through brain waves. So we have focused on locations in the brain as they relate to thinking and motor skills, by measuring brain waves of subjects engaged in a debate about science.