EBOOK - Minds, brains, and learning - understanding the psychological and educational relevance of neuroscientific research - Full Edition (James P. Byrnes)
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EBOOK - Minds, brains, and learning - understanding the psychological and educational relevance of neuroscientific research - Full Edition (James P. Byrnes)



EBOOK - Tâm trí, bộ não và việc học - hiểu được tầm quan trọng về mặt tâm lý và giáo dục của nghiên cứu khoa học thần kinh (James P. Byrnes)


Why should psychologists and educators study the brain? Can neuroscientific research advance our understanding of student learning and motivation? What do informed readers need to know to tell the difference between plausible applications of brain research and unfounded speculation? This timely volume considers the benefits of incorporating findings from cognitive neuroscience into the fields of educational, developmental, and cognitive psychology. The book provides a basic foundation in the methodology of brain research; describes the factors that affect brain development; and reviews salient findings on attention, memory, emotion, and reading and mathematics.


 For each domain, the author considers the ways that the neuroscientific evidence overlaps with or diverges from existing psychological models. Readers gain skills for assessing the credibility of widely publicized claims regarding critical periods of learning, the effects of stress hormones on the brain, the role of music training in boosting academic performance, and more. Also elucidated are the possible neuroscientific bases of attention deficits, reading problems, and mathematical disabilities in children. The volume concludes by suggesting areas for future investigation that may help answer important questions about individual and developmental differences in learning.



CONTENTS:



CHAPTER 1. Introduction

Arguments for and against the Relevance of Brain

Research 2

Some Essential Neuroscientific Terms and Brain

Structures 9

Neuroscientific Research Methods and Their

Limitations 14

Summary and Preview of Remaining Chapters 22

CHAPTER 2. Brain Development 24

Further Explorations of Cytoarchitecture: Cell Types and

Brain Layers 25

Seven Major Processes of Brain Development 26

Factors Affecting Brain Development 33

Conclusions and Caveats 43

CHAPTER 3. Memory

Human Memory as Viewed by Psychologists 48

Human Memory as Viewed by Neuroscientists 63

Conclusions and Caveats 71

47

CHAPTER 4. Attention

Psychological Perspectives on Attention 74

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Attention 83

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications 88

73

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X  Contents

CHAPTER 5. Emotion  91

Psychological Perspectives on Emotion 92

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Emotion 100

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications  111

CHAPTER 6. Reading  115

Psychological Perspectives on Reading 115

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Reading 129

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications  140

Chapter 7. Math Skills  145

Psychological and Educational Perspectives on

Mathematical Abilities 146

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Math Ability 152

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications  165

CHAPTER 8. Conclusions  169

The Educational and Psychological Relevance

of Brain Research: Knowns and Unknowns 169

Evaluating Claims about the Brain 176

Final Thoughts 186

Glossary  187

References  195

Index  208 













EBOOK - Minds, brains, and learning - understanding the psychological and educational relevance of neuroscientific research - 1st Edition (James P. Byrnes) 2001.




EBOOK - Tâm trí, bộ não và việc học - hiểu được tầm quan trọng về mặt tâm lý và giáo dục của nghiên cứu khoa học thần kinh (James P. Byrnes)


Why should psychologists and educators study the brain? Can neuroscientific research advance our understanding of student learning and motivation? What do informed readers need to know to tell the difference between plausible applications of brain research and unfounded speculation? This timely volume considers the benefits of incorporating findings from cognitive neuroscience into the fields of educational, developmental, and cognitive psychology. The book provides a basic foundation in the methodology of brain research; describes the factors that affect brain development; and reviews salient findings on attention, memory, emotion, and reading and mathematics.


 For each domain, the author considers the ways that the neuroscientific evidence overlaps with or diverges from existing psychological models. Readers gain skills for assessing the credibility of widely publicized claims regarding critical periods of learning, the effects of stress hormones on the brain, the role of music training in boosting academic performance, and more. Also elucidated are the possible neuroscientific bases of attention deficits, reading problems, and mathematical disabilities in children. The volume concludes by suggesting areas for future investigation that may help answer important questions about individual and developmental differences in learning.



CONTENTS:



CHAPTER 1. Introduction

Arguments for and against the Relevance of Brain

Research 2

Some Essential Neuroscientific Terms and Brain

Structures 9

Neuroscientific Research Methods and Their

Limitations 14

Summary and Preview of Remaining Chapters 22

CHAPTER 2. Brain Development 24

Further Explorations of Cytoarchitecture: Cell Types and

Brain Layers 25

Seven Major Processes of Brain Development 26

Factors Affecting Brain Development 33

Conclusions and Caveats 43

CHAPTER 3. Memory

Human Memory as Viewed by Psychologists 48

Human Memory as Viewed by Neuroscientists 63

Conclusions and Caveats 71

47

CHAPTER 4. Attention

Psychological Perspectives on Attention 74

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Attention 83

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications 88

73

IX 

X  Contents

CHAPTER 5. Emotion  91

Psychological Perspectives on Emotion 92

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Emotion 100

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications  111

CHAPTER 6. Reading  115

Psychological Perspectives on Reading 115

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Reading 129

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications  140

Chapter 7. Math Skills  145

Psychological and Educational Perspectives on

Mathematical Abilities 146

Neuroscientific Perspectives on Math Ability 152

Conclusions, Caveats, and Instructional Implications  165

CHAPTER 8. Conclusions  169

The Educational and Psychological Relevance

of Brain Research: Knowns and Unknowns 169

Evaluating Claims about the Brain 176

Final Thoughts 186

Glossary  187

References  195

Index  208 













EBOOK - Minds, brains, and learning - understanding the psychological and educational relevance of neuroscientific research - 1st Edition (James P. Byrnes) 2001.


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