The teaching and the learning brain: A cortical hemodynamic marker of teacher-student interactions in the Socratic dialog

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Holper, Lisa ^a   Goldin, Andrea P ^b   Shalóm, Diego E ^b   Battro, Antonio M ^c   Wolf, Martin ^a   Sigman, Mariano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c National Academy of Sciences   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arithmetic problem solving; Educational neuroscience; Prefrontal cortex; Socratic dialog; Spectroscopy (fNIRS); Two person neuroscience; Wireless functional near infrared

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874772199     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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