Connecting education and cognitive neuroscience: Where will the journey take us?

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Ansari, Daniel ^a   Coch, Donna ^b   De Smedt, Bert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain and Education; Cognitive neuroscience; Mind; Neuromyths; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650944497     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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