The Educated Brain
Essays in Neuroeducation

A broad overview of the major topics in the new discipline of neuroeducation.

Antonio M. Battro (Edited by), Kurt W. Fischer (Edited by), Pierre J. Léna (Edited by)

9780521181891, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 December 2010

282 pages, 40 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 5 tables
22.6 x 15 x 1.3 cm, 0.38 kg

"...this book serves the important function of launching a new interdisciplinary field that had been slipping through the neuroscience and education nettings. It certainly makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how brain function affects education, from the lab to the classroom..."
--Diego A. Golombek, Department of Science and Technology, National University of Quilmes, The American Journal of Psychology

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.

Foreword: towards a new pedagogic and didactic approach Rita Levi-Montalcini
Part I. The Mind, Brain, and Education Triad: 1. Introduction: mind, brain, and education in theory and practice Antonio M. Battro, Kurt W. Fischer and Pierre J. Léna
2. Historical considerations on brain and self Fernando Vidal
3. Building bridges in neuroeducation John T. Bruer
4. Mind, brain, and consciousness Jürgen Mittelstrass
5. Understanding mind, brain, and education as a complex, dynamic developing system: measurement, modeling, and research Paul van Geert and Henderien Steenbeek
Part II. Brain Development, Cognition, and Education: 6. Epigenesis and brain plasticity in education Wolf Singer
7. Chronoeducation: how the biological clock influences the learning process Daniel P. Cardinali
8. Dynamic cycles of cognitive and brain development: measuring growth in mind, brain, and education Kurt W. Fischer
9. Brain mechanisms and learning of high level skills Michael I. Posner, Mary K. Rothbart and M. Rosario Rueda
10. Developing the brain: a functional imaging approach to learning and educational sciences Hideaki Koizumi
Part III. Brain, Language, and Mathematics: 11. A triptych of the reading brain: evolution, development, pathology, and its intervention Maryanne Wolf
12. Reading and the brain: a cross-language approach Usha Goswami
13. Cortical images of early language and phonological development using near infrared spectroscopy Laura-Ann Petitto
14. Cerebral constraints in reading and arithmetic: education as a 'neural recycling' process Stanislas Dehaene.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Educational psychology [JNC], Education [JN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Philosophy of mind [HPM]