Understanding the neuroscience and education connection: Themes emerging from a review of the literature

Neuroscience in Education: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Beauchamp, Miriam ^a   Beauchamp, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Education; Educational neuroscience literature; Neuroscience research; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886779354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600496.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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