Neuroscience and education: Myths and messages

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 817-824

  Howard Jones, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84922479722     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3817     Document Type: Review

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