Contemplative Science, Education and Child Development: Introduction to the Special Section

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-145

  Roeser, Robert ^a   Zelazo, Philip David ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Child development; Contemplative science; Education; Mindfulness; Plasticity; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861002902     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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