Comics as a learning tool: how cute characters convey knowledge!

Comics as a learning tool: how cute characters convey knowledge!

St. Pölten, Österreich - Windy news from the world of comics and brain research! The illustrator Alena Boucher from the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences emphasizes that the design of comics should not only be aesthetically appealing, but also can better convey content through cute, round figures and simplified emotions. In their “Comixplain” project, complex topics such as statistics and mathematical thinking are prepared through appealing comics to facilitate learning processes. "Round forms look more natural and address more," explains Boucher. Your team has already listed significant learning success in students, and will in future be planning the integration of artificial intelligence to support comic creation, such as .

But that's not all! A recent study on brain development shows fascinating relationships between the structure and the function of the brain. With the help of resting functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-FCMRI), it was examined how neural networks change in the course of development. Small “world” networks are emerging in childhood, which means that the brain is organized efficiently for both local and national processes. These results could have far -reaching consequences for understanding the cognitive development of children, because it shows the transition from a strongly localized network to a distributed structure in adults, as the research on

The observations make it clear that the close arrangement and functional networking of brain regions are crucial for cognitive flexibility and efficiency during growth. It becomes clear that children process their information differently than adults by first using local networks before concentrating on distant functional relationships. These findings underline how important it is to consider cognitive development and information processing in the design of learning materials.