Educating the human brain / Michael I. Posner and Mary K. Rothbart.
"Educating the Human Brain, the product of a quarter century of research, provides an empirical account of the early development of attention and self-regulation in infants and young children.
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
[2007]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "Educating the Human Brain, the product of a quarter century of research, provides an empirical account of the early development of attention and self-regulation in infants and young children. "The authors explain where, when, and how the brain performs functions that are necessary for learning. It examines the brain areas involved in regulatory networks, their connectivity, and how their development is influenced by genes and experience. Relying on the latest techniques in cognition and temperament measurement, neuroimaging, and molecular genetics, the book integrates research on neural networks common to all humans with studies of individual differences." Such functions include attending to information; controlling attention through effort; regulating the interplay of emotion with cognition; and coding, organizing, and retrieving information. The authors suggest how these aspects of brain development can support school readiness, literacy, numeracy, and expertise. The audience for this book includes neuroscientists as well as developmental and educational psychologists who have interest in the latest brain research. The many helpful visuals - including brain diagrams, pictures and photographs of experimental setups, and graphs and tables displaying key data - also give this book appeal for graduate students."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index. |