Nonlinear pedagogy: Learning design for self-organizing neurobiological systems

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-200

  Chow, Jia Yi ^a   Davids, Keith ^b   Hristovski, Robert ^c   Araújo, Duarte ^d   Passos, Pedro ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c University of St Cyril and Methodius   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological constraints; Meta stability; Neurobiological learning; Nonlinear dynamics; Self organization and emergence; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651473964     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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