Um koji uči: Kako neuronauka menja svet obrazovanja, emocija i tehnologije

At the Faculty of Organizational Studies "Eduka," an inspiring lecture on the topic “Basics of Neuroscience” was held for first-year academic students within the course Introduction to Psychology.

The lecture was delivered by Željana Babić, neuroscientist and researcher at our faculty, founder and CEO of the startup Xenios LMS, who spent over a decade working in laboratories at the University of California, San Diego.

Students had the opportunity to explore the latest discoveries about how the brain learns, remembers, and creates our personality, as well as to understand why glial cells are much more than “support structures” – they actively participate in learning and memory processes.

They also discovered how sleep cleanses the brain of unnecessary information and strengthens those neural connections that are most important for understanding and creativity.

One of the most exciting parts of the lecture was dedicated to research on the “second brain” – the enteric nervous system, a network of about 500 million neurons in the gut, which produces 90% of serotonin and profoundly affects our emotions and mental health.

Thanks to the research of Professor Julie Kaltschmidt, students learned how inseparably connected the body and mind are, and why understanding this link is crucial for modern psychology.

Through examples from leading global laboratories – from CRISPR technology that alters genes responsible for neurological diseases, to Neuralink projects that restore movement to paralyzed individuals, and brain organoids traveling to space – students saw how the future of neuroscience is already beginning today.

“Understanding how the body and mind cooperate is no longer merely a matter of scientific curiosity – it is the foundation of future education, medicine, and human potential management,” emphasized Babić.

The goal of the lecture was to bring students closer to the most current research shaping our world and to inspire them to think of psychology as the science of the future, one that connects biology, technology, and humanity.