The learning brain: Lessons for education: a précis

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-465

  Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^a   Frith, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN; EDUCATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 27744494511     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00434.x     Document Type: Review

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