Physiological processes can be enhanced through the 9-Layered Model of Giftedness

 Physical Training & athletics

Both our mood and cognition are related to physical exercise as several  studies  have  pointed  at  the  notable  increase  in  neurogenesis  attributed  mainly   to physical  activity  associated  with  exercise  and an  enriched  environment,  operating synergistically.

Moreover, innate factors of the brain, such as structural   plasticity, neurotrophic and   hormone   levels   in   combination   with   environmental   factors,   such   as   physical   activity lead to neurogenesis.

Learning & achievement

Research  has  shown  that  there  is  a  correlation  between  the  level  of  hippocampal         neurogenesis and  learning processes. Learning affects not only the survival of cells but also the maturation of newborn neurons.

Social & emotional health

The researchers found several differences in the brains of lonely people. These brain manifestations were centered on what is called the default network: a set of brain regions involved in inner thoughts such as reminiscing, future planning, imagining and thinking about others. Researchers found the default networks of lonely people were more strongly wired together and surprisingly, their grey matter volume in regions of the default network was greater. 

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Findings  of  lower  intra-individual  variability  in  gain  and  spatial  error  during  the  antisaccade (AS) tasks  indicate superior executive control and frontal lobe functioning developed  through  training  in  mindfulness.

Focused  - attention  meditation  (FAM)’s  reported  major  long-term  benefit  is  cognitive -attentional control. It seems that mindfully focusing on the somatosensory experiences of breathing leads to specific improvement to resource allocation and more specifically to those perceptual discrimination processes that require a higher degree of attentional control.

On the other hand, loving-kindness meditation (LKM) emphasizes  a  state  of  universal  love  and  compassion,  equalizing  the  self  and  others. 

Evidence  supports the  existence  of  a  dissociable  pattern  of  activation  associated  with  FAM  and  LKM  as evoked  by  cognitive  (CPT)  and  emotion  (EPT)  tasks, thus depicting domain-specific plastic changes in neural activity. Broadening of attention and increased flexibility of cognitive functioning has already been related to positive mood.

Food consumption

Evidence continues to build for the stimulation   of   adult   neurogenesis,   in   brain   regions   associated with cognition, by chronic consumption of PUFA-enriched diets. 

Adult education/Inclusive education

9-Layered model of giftedness offers an integrated approach to neurodevelopment, neuroplasticity and cognitive improvement.    

Piaget’s Theory as the theoretical background of the 9-Layered Model of Giftedness

Piaget’s stages of internal organization represent the reform of the properties of the internal structural system, itself. Such mental structures are constructed and reconstructed within the brain and this adaptation is analogous to the genetic adaptation of evolving species. In advance, how and what we think and how we interact with our environment represents our knowledge about both the physical world and the world of ideas as well as it is the foundation of our intellectual development. 

Sternberg’s & Aristotle’s Theory of Triarchic Intelligences as the theoretical background of the 9-Layered Model of Giftedness

9-Layered model is supported by brain wiring models showing that our brain function justifies a moral behavior. Our Model can be a point of reference for educational and lifelong training interventions as well as a means to foster more successful psychophysical treatments.