Title: The educated brain :
Authors: Battro, Antonio M.; Fischer, Kurt W.; Léna, Pierre J.; Léna, Pierre,
Date: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Physical description: xxiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: "The emerging field of neuroeducation, concerned with the interaction between mind, brain and education, has proved revolutionary in educational research, introducing concepts, methods and technologies into many advanced institutions around the world. The Educated Brain presents a broad overview of the major topics in this new discipline: part I examines the historical and epistemological issues related to the mind/brain problem and the scope of neuroeducation; part II provides a view of basic brain research in education and use of imaging techniques, and the study of brain and cognitive development; and part III is dedicated to the neural foundations of language and reading in different cultures and the acquisition of basic mathematical concepts. With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book features the most recent and advanced research in cognitive neurosciences."--Jacket.
Contents: Towards a new pedagogical and didactic approach / Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Introduction: mind, brain, and education in theory and practice / Antonio M. Battro, Kurt W. Fischer, and Pierre J. Léna -- Historical considerations on brain and self / Fernando Vidal -- Building bridges in neuroeducation / John T. Breur -- Mind, brain and consciousness / Jürgen Mittelstrass -- Understanding mind, brain, and education as a complex, dynamic developing system: measurement, modeling, and research / Paul Van Geert and Henderien Steenbeek -- Epigenesis and brain plasticity in education / Wolf Singer -- Chronoeducation: how the biological clock influences the learning process / Daniel P. Cardinali -- Dynamic cycles of cognitive and brain development: measuring growth in mind, brain, and education / Kurt W. Fischer -- Brain mechanisms and learning of high level skills / Michel I. Posner, Mary K. Rothbart, and M. Rosario Rueda -- Developing the brain: a functional imaging approach to learning and educational sciences / Hideaki Koizumi -- A triptych of the reading brain: evolution, development, pathology, and its intervention / Maryanne Wolf -- Reading and the brain: a cross-language approach / Usha Goswami -- Cortical images of early language and phonetic development using near infrared spectroscopy / Laura-Ann Petitto -- Cerebral constraints in reading and arithmetic: education as a "neuronal recycling" process / Stanislas Dehaene.
Subject headings (LCSH): Educational psychology.; Learning--Physiological aspects.