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Adele Diamond, PhDUniversity of British Columbia
MasterClass · The neurobiology of executive functions
Dr. Adele Diamond explains what happens in the prefrontal cortex, why stress affects it before anything else, and what truly helps in the classroom and the clinic: from play and movement to putting emotions into words.
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Inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility with everyday examples, and why they predict school success better than IQ.
Minute 0:13
Why stress, even mild stress, disrupts executive functions first, and why, before labelling a child as inattentive or impulsive, it is worth looking at the stress they are living with.
Minute 0:25
What works better than computer training according to her review of the evidence: comprehensive school programs and activities that combine movement and mindfulness.
Minute 0:31
Why the child who struggles most under pressure may be the one who flourishes most in the right environment, and what that means for assessment.
Minute 0:36
Why putting feelings into words calms the brain, and how an adult’s presence helps build self-regulation.
Minute 0:47
What distinguishes the restless child from the inattentive one in the brain, her study on medication dose and cognitive performance, and why balance and executive functions share circuits.
Minute 0:57
Autism, trauma, giftedness, mindfulness for young children and children who need to move.
From the lab to the classroom and the clinic
A child who never stops, one who never finishes the task, one who explodes over nothing. It is often read as a lack of will or limits, and met with more pressure.
Diamond shows that stress is the first thing that takes executive functions out of play: "if you are sad, stressed, lonely or not physically well, the first thing to suffer is the prefrontal cortex". That is why she asks us to think, before labelling, about what that child is going through.
And she changes the question in the classroom and in the clinic: "a child may be behaving very, very badly because they are hurt and afraid of being hurt again. If the behavior comes from pain, we can react in a completely different way."
No neuroscience background needed.
Diamond explains with everyday examples and the studies behind them.
In English or Spanish.
Choose the language: original or with simultaneous interpretation.
At your own pace.
A recorded MasterClass you can watch in parts.
Ideas to apply tomorrow.
Movement games, walking breaks and strategies to lower stress, with no special materials.
Your instructor
PhD in philosophy and developmental neuropsychology from Harvard University, with postdoctoral training in neuroanatomy at Yale. Professor of neuroscience at the University of British Columbia (Canada), where she holds the research chair in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Her lab studies how biological and environmental factors shape the development of the prefrontal cortex and executive functions. She has received a distinction from the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to science.
Recorded at a Wumbox MasterClass with more than 500 educators and health professionals connected.
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The experience of six international editions since 2023.
Voices of reference who have joined us
Dr. Stanislas DehaeneCollège de FranceCongress I & III
Dr. Howard GardnerHarvardCongress II
Dra. Catherine SnowHarvardCongress III
Dr. Robert StickgoldHarvardCongress IV
Dra. Adele DiamondUBCCongress IV
Dra. Patricia KuhlU. WashingtonCongress IIIProfessional learning
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For teachers, learning specialists, psychologists, neuropsychologists, occupational therapists, special-education professionals and families. It works in the classroom, in clinical practice and at home.
Immediate, permanent access to the MasterClass by Adele Diamond, PhD, in the original English and in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation, plus the MasterClass slides as PDF in both languages. At checkout you can optionally add an activity workbook and the certificate of participation.
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You can watch it in English (original) or Spanish (simultaneous interpretation). The PDF slides come in both languages.
No. Diamond explains with everyday examples, with people who teach and support children in mind, not researchers.
Yes, in a short block: Diamond presents her research on attention, dopamine and medication dose. It is educational content, not medical advice.
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Your next class or session
“The joy of wanting to go beyond your own limits is a better motivator than fear.”
Picture your next class or session knowing why stress switches off learning, which activities really help and how to help a child put feelings into words.