Educational neuroscience

Educational Neuroscience presents a series of readings from educators, psychologists, and neuroscientists that explore the latest findings in developmental cognitive neurosciences and their potential applications to education. Represents a new research area with direct relevance to current educational practices and policy makingFeatures individual chapters written collaboratively by educationalist, psychologists, and neuroscientists to ensure maximum clarity and relevance to a broad range of readersEdited by a trio of leading academics with extensive experience in the field.

Educational Neuroscience; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Foreword: Imaging the Future; Chapter 1Introduction; The Nature of the Discipline; Three Disciplines: Education, Psychology, Neuroscience; Phase 1. Education and psychology; Phase 2. Psychology and neuroscience; Phase 3. Emergence of educational neuroscience; Issues and Problems in Developing Educational Neuroscience; References; Chapter 2Neuroimaging Methods; Electroencephalography and Event-Related Potentials; Principles of EEG recording and averaging ERPs; Making sense of ERP components.

ERPs and developmentStrengths and limitations of the ERP technique with developmental populations; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS); General principles and applications of NIRS; Studies of development using NIRS; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Background and safety; Basic components of MRI; Basic physics of MRI; How are MR images generated?; Varieties of MR images; The challenges of studying children using MRI; Studies of development using MRI; Other Neuroimaging Techniques; Conclusions; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3Computational Modeling of Learning and Teaching; Introduction.

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