The Brain, cognition, and education
by
 
Friedman, Sarah L.

Title
: 
The Brain, cognition, and education

Author
: 
Friedman, Sarah L.

ISBN
: 
9780122683305
 
9781483260303

Publication Information
: 
Orlando : Academic Press, 1986.

Physical Description
: 
1 online resource (xiii, 385 pages) : illustrations

Contents
: 
Front Cover; The Brain, Cognition, and Education; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Building Bridges among Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, and Education; I. The Origins of Neuroscience and Cognitive Science; II. Interrelationships among Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Education; III. Attention; IV. Knowledge Acquisition, Representation, and Use; V. Cognitive and Neural Development; VI. Discussion; VII. Conclusion; References; PART II: ATTENTION; Chapter 2. Attention and the Brain; I. Introduction
 
II. Neurological DisordersIII. Animal Studies; IV. Human Neurophysiology; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Attention and the Control of Cognition; I. Introduction; II. Spatial Attention; III. Attention and Semantic Memory; IV. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. The Role of Attention in Cognition; I. The Meaning of Attention; II. Levels of Explanation; III. The Educational Level of Theory; IV. Motivation for Attention; V. Final Comments; References; PART III: KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION, REPRESENTATION, AND USE; Chapter 5. Biological Preprogramming for Language Learning?
 
I. Analysis of the Language Learning ProblemII. A Significant Innate Basis for Language Learning; III. The Deprivation Paradigm; IV. Relations to Neuroscience and Education; References; Chapter 6. Education and Recent Research on Attention and Knowledge Acquisition; I. Introduction; II. Attention; III. The Acquisition of Knowledge; IV. For the Future; References; Chapter 7. Memory and the Brain; I. Introduction; II. Cellular and Synaptic Analysis of Memory; III. Candidates for Long-Term Behavioral Plasticity; IV. Brain Systems and Memory; V. Neuropsychology of Memory
 
VI. More than One Kind of Memory: Some ImplicationsVII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 8. Integrating Three Perspectives on Learning; I. Introduction; II. Three Facets of Knowledge Acquisition; III. Educational Implications (?) of Neuroscience; References; PART IV: COGNITIVE AND NEURAL DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 9. Setting the Stage: Neural Development before Birth; I. Introduction; II. Neurogenesis; III. Cell Migration; IV. Dendritic Maturation; V. Synaptic Development; VI. Development and Organization of Connections; VII. Cytoarchitectonic Parcellation and Fissuration of Cerebral Surface
 
VIII. Prospects for Understanding Neural Systems Underlying CognitionReferences; Chapter 10. Notes on Cognitive Development: Recent Trends, New Directions; I. Cognitive Development circa 1970; II. Cognitive Development circa 1980; III. Principle Trends and a Prototypical Child; IV. A Critique; V. A Neurobiological Perspective; VI. A Search for ""Natural Kinds"" in Cognition; VII. The Settings of Learning; VIII. Cognitive Development circa 1990: A Parable; References; Chapter 11. The Influence of Neuroscience upon Educational Practice; I. Introduction

Abstract
: 
The Brain, Cognition, and Education is a collection of papers that deals with cross-disciplinary communication. This book addresses the use of concepts, methodologies, and research results from other experiments in the conduct of finding new knowledge. One paper addresses the relationships among neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and education to arrive at cross-interdisciplinary communication. Other papers discuss attention, the brain, and the control of cognition; one paper notes that selective attention as a cognitive system with its own measurable features can be associated with underlyin.

Subject Term
: 
Cognition.
 
Cognition in children.
 
Brain -- Psychophysiology.
 
Learning, Psychology of.
 
Learning -- Physiological aspects.
 
Educational psychology.
 
Brain -- physiology. (DNLM)D001921Q000502
 
Cognition -- physiology. (DNLM)D003071Q000502
 
Education. (DNLM)D004493
 
Learning -- physiology. (DNLM)D007858Q000502
 
Cognition chez l'enfant.
 
Cerveau -- Psychophysiologie.
 
Apprentissage, Psychologie de l'
 
Apprentissage -- Aspect physiologique.
 
Psychopédagogie.
 
Brain -- Psychophysiology. (OCoLC)fst00837653
 
Cognition. (OCoLC)fst00866457
 
Cognition in children. (OCoLC)fst00866501
 
Educational psychology. (OCoLC)fst00903571
 
Learning -- Physiological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00994839
 
Learning, Psychology of. (OCoLC)fst00995009
 
Lernpsychologie (DE-588)4074166-7
 
Neurophysiologie (DE-588)4041897-2
 
Pädagogische Psychologie (DE-588)4044321-8
 
Cognitie.
 
Kinderen.
 
Leerpsychologie.

Genre
: 
Electronic books.

Added Author
: 
Friedman, Sarah L.
 
Klivington, Kenneth A.
 
Peterson, Rita.

Electronic Access
: 
ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780122683305


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