O tym, czym jest modelowanie i na czym polega modelowanie pracy mózgu, rozmawiamy z prof. Danielem Wójcikiem z Instytutu Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego PAN.

Dzięki mózgowi pokonujemy kolejne granice poznania. Jednocześnie zgłębianie tajemnic mózgu stawia granice najtrudniejsze do przekroczenia.

The complexity of the phenomena associated with the course of the cognitive processes that determine an efficient learning, excludes the possibility of collecting knowledge in other ways than neuronal-information. It excludes also possibilities of interpreting it, in other ways than with use of respectively formalized cognitive models. The presented paper is a kind of summary of the latest achievements in this field.

Innowacyjne metody leczenia, polegające na uszkodzeniu niektórych partii mózgu, dla niektórych pacjentów są jedyną możliwością powrotu do zdrowia.

O tym, czego taniec uczy nas o ludzkim mózgu, i sposobach, w jakie poznajemy otaczający świat, opowiada dr Sandra Frydrysiak z Instytutu Nauk Humanistycznych SWPS Uniwersytetu Humanistycznospołecznego w Warszawie.

This year the new international guidelines of WIST (The World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment) on the physician’s training in the interventional acute stroke treatment were published. WIST multispecialty guidelines outline competency and quality standards for physicians and centers to perform safe and effective endovascular stroke treatment with mechanical thrombectomy. The role of quality control and quality assurance is highlighted. WIST establishes an individualized approach to acquiring clinical knowledge and procedural skills to meet the competency requirements for certification of interventionalists of various disciplines and stroke centers in endovascular treatment. WIST guidelines encourage acquisition of skills using innovative training methods such as structured supervised high-fidelity simulation and procedural performance on human perfused cadaveric models. In Poland in 2018 a pilot program on mechanical thrombectomy was established, however endovascular acute stroke treatment is still underused due to limited patients access to stroke centers and too small number of operators.

Dynamic development in children’s research has led to surprising discoveries about the learning and thinking patterns of fetuses, infants and young children. These studies have revolutionized not only our knowledge of children, but also our understanding of the nature of the human mind and brain. Moreover, within this context, it is believed that many areas of adulthood are the result of the experiences and changes that occur during the fetal period and in childhood. These experiences, therefore, are crucial for human development and what people achieve in the following stages of their lives. The results of the research on brain development during the fetal period and during childhood presented here, reveal a new perspective for understanding the essence and nature of the learning process. These studies also strongly suggest that the first two thousand days of a child’s life are critical in developing many basic human skills. Therefore, we must take great care of the quality of environment for a child’s development.