Damaris flor literacy neurodidactic method: an association between theta (4-8 hz) and beta (15-23 hz) brain waves

Introduction: The Damaris Flor literacy method was based on an adaptive neurodidactic protocol based on the three order symbologies of human communication, which are image, sound, and spelling. This construction makes it possible to base the acquisition of reading through the phylogeny of writing transformed into a literacy teaching method in Brazil, made possible by the association between image, which depends on Theta waves (4-8 Hz), and words, syllables, and letters, which depend on the Beta waves (15-23 Hz). The authors Damaris José Flor da Silva and Fernanda Crístian Gonçalo da Silva developed this method, after a meeting of several scientific studies on the electrical brain activities responsible for the learning process of human beings, especially of individuals who have a higher percentage of Theta waves (4-8 Hz) when compared to total Beta waves (15-23 Hz). Objective: The objective of this study was to report the origin of the method and the sequence of the strategic organization of the adaptive neurodidactic protocol for image-based literacy teaching. Method: Searches were carried out in the electronic databases MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, SCIELO, Lilacs, Scopus, CAPES journal portal, BIREME and Google Scholar, and the findings were organized and described in a narrative review pattern. Result: The applicability of the Damaris Flor Neurodidactic Method covers, in its protocol, the following categories: 1st) Foundation, 2nd) Structure, 3rd) Complement and 4th) Sustenance or maintenance of the reading acquisition process. Conclusion: This study found several findings demonstrating that Theta waves (4-8 Hz) are associated with the production of images, creativity and mental representation and Beta waves (15-23 Hz) with the production of words. These findings also made it possible to understand that literacy, using images, colors and words, allows greater activation and integration between several neural circuits, facilitating learning. Finally, it was concluded that the organization of the Damaris Flor Neurodidactic Method in the 4 (Four) categories (Fundament, Structure, Complement and Support), possibly allows the creation of synapses, increases concentration and the ability to maintain the focus of attention, enables the understanding of nominal realism, stimulates executive functions and the associative cortex, and allows complete reading associated with social functions.