Cognitive neuroscience and education: Unravelling the confusion

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-109

  Purdy, Noel ^a   Morrison, Hugh ^b  

^a STRANMILLIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61449233339     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980802404741     Document Type: Article

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