A celebration of neurons
Subtitle: an educator's guide to the human brain
By: Robert Sylwester.
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Cognitive neuroscience
Other titles: Neurons
Description: Provides an introduction to late twentieth-century scientific understanding of the development, organization, and operation of the brain, written especially for educational leaders, and suggests some broad educational applications that may be introduced in schools.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index.
"ASCD stock no. 1-95085"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: At the edge of a major transformation; title: How our brain organizes itself on the cellular and systems levels; title: How our brain interacts with the outside environment; title: How our brain determines what's important; title: How our brain learns, remembers, and forgets; title: How our brain solves problems; title: How our brain adapts itself to its environment.