Second international School On Mind, Brain And Education

2007 May 22-26

Basic and Applied Topics
in Biological Rhythms and Learning

Directors: Antonio M. Battro and Kurt W. Fischer
Program officer: María Lourdes Majdalani


The main purpose of this meeting is to present and discuss ongoing research on the influence of chronobiology on learning processes and, more specifically, to assess the impact of biological rhythms on educational programs. Although there are significant cultural and geographical differences with respect to school timing and organization, another objective of this school is to propose a number of recommendations aimed at optimizing educational activities taking into account chronobiological principles tailored to diverse situations.

Some of the questions we have in mind for discussions are:

• Time of day and human performance
• Changes in school timing: gradual or abrupt?
• The sleep-wake cycle in relation to academic development
• Methods for assessing chronobiological changes in performance
• How long is adolescence?
• Temporal changes in attention and learning related to different academic topics


Participants
MBE Prize 2007: Kazuo Yano



ANTONIO M. BATTRO

Academia Nacional de Educación, Argentina
One Laptop Per Child Association.
Chief Education Officer.

JEFFREY DYCHE

USAFA/DFBL (US Air Force Academy), USA
Comparison of sleep habits between US and French Air Force Academy cadets
Abstract

NITA MILLER

Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Sleep and academic performance in college-age students enrolled in US Military training and education programs
Abstract / Paper

HIDEAKY KOIZUMI

Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., JAPAN
The early integration of sleep, motor and thinking functions in brain development
Abstract

FRIDA FISCHER

Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de Sao Paulo, BRASIL
The double burden of studying and working: effects on sleep, sleepiness and health among Brazilian working teens
Abstract / Paper

LUIZ MENNA BARRETO

Universidade de Sao Paulo, BRASIL
Teaching chronobiology involves developing critical reasoning
Abstract

BISERKA RADOSEVIC-VIDACEK

Inst. Medical Res. CROATIA
Sleep and daytime functioning of adolescents on a two-shift school schedule
Abstract / Paper

PABLO VALDEZ

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, MEXICO
Circadian rhythms in cognitive performance
Abstract / Paper

JIM WATERHOUSE

University of Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM
Time and teaching – the role of Chronobiology
Abstract / Paper

MARTIN RALPH

Dep. of Psychology and Zoology, University of Toronto, CANADA

MARGARITA DIBOCOVICH

Northwestern University, USA
Time and teaching – the role of Chronobiology

MARTHA HANSEN

USA
How do early morning school schedules affect adolescent sleep patterns and performance?
Abstract

JUAN ANTONIO MADRID

Universidad de Murcia, SPAIN
Learning and teaching in chronobiology: two faces of the same coin
Abstract / Paper

ROBERT LEVINE

California University at Fresno, USA
A geography of time
Abstract

ARNE LOWDEN

Karolinska Institute, SWEDEN
Interventions to promote learning in school by considering sleep education, nutrition and bright light treatment
Abstract

DANIEL CARDINALI

Universidad de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Paper / "The stone of madness" | Presentation

DIEGO GOLOMBEK

Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, ARGENTINA
Paper

SARAH TAUBER

USA
Class start times and first period performance: a retrospective analysis
Abstract

TYLER STREIT

USA
Comparison of sleep habits between US and French air force academy cadets
Abstract

KAILIN TUSCANO

USA
The sleepy student: assessment of class start time on sleep and Gpa in Usafa cadets
Abstract

CHRISTINE DEVANY

USA
Morningness/ Eveningness preferences and performance
Abstract

WHITNEY MILLER

USA
Relationship between self-reported sleep patterns, gender and morningness-eveningness preference in an adolescent population
Abstract

PANAGIOTIS MATSANGAS

USA
Napping patterns of college age students: a preliminary study of the second year of USMA Class 2007
Abstract / Paper

AILEEN KENNEY

USA
Quantifying sleep and performance of West Point cadets: a baseline study
Abstract

KAZUO YANO

JAPAN
Life tapestry: weaving reality, driving human growth
Abstract / Presentation

CLAUDIA MORENO

BRAZIL
Early working students chronotypes seem to be more tolerant to a double-burden than late types
Abstract

CLAUDIA AZEVEDO

BRAZIL
Is a sleep educational program a solution for adolescent sleep problems?
Abstract

DANIELA WEY

BRAZIL
Napping in school
Abstract / Paper

ADRIJANA KOSCEC

CROATIA
Sleep and academic performance of adolescents attending school in two shifts
Abstract

MARIJA BAKOTIC

CROATIA
Effects of educational posters and leaflets on adolescents’ knowledge about sleep
Abstract

AIDA GARCIA

MEXICO
Circadian rhythms in attention
Abstract

CANDELARIA RAMIREZ

MEXICO
Circadian rhythms in working memory
Abstract

JAVIER TALAMANTES

MEXICO
Circadian variations in strategies of responses
Abstract

M. ÁNGELES ROL DE LAMA

SPAIN
Teaching biological rhythms in endocrinology: cortisol, wrist temperature and impact of weekend night’s fever
Abstract / Paper

JOSÉ ANTONIO SARABIA

SPAIN
A new simple and non invasive tool to analyse circadian rhythmicity in normal free living subjects
Abstract / Paper

VICTOR ORTIZ

SPAIN
A new synchronizer exposure test developed by chronobiology students
Abstract

M. TERESA MONDÉJAR

SPAIN
Oral glucose tolerance test and sleep wake state to acquaint chronobiology students with the importance of timing as a diagnostic tool
Abstract / Paper

SANTIAGO PEREZ LLORET

ARGENTINA
Sleep disordered breathing and daytime sleepiness are associated with poor academic performance in teenagers
Abstract

KETEMA N. PAUL

Parent-teacher discussions on sleep in adolescents in Dekalb County, Georgia
Abstract / Paper