Dynamic cycles of cognitive and brain development: Measuring growth in mind, brain, and education

The Educated Brain: Essays in Neuroeducation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 127-150

  Fischer, Kurt W ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489907.010     Document Type: Chapter

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