Educating the human brain / [Book] / Michael I. Posner and Mary K. Rothbart.

By:

Posner, Michael I

Contributor(s):

Rothbart, Mary Klevjord

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 263 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:

1591473810
9781591473817
9781591473817

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.82 22

NLM classification:

WS 105.5.C7

Other classification:

612.82

Contents:

Education, psychology, and the brain -- Relating brain and mind -- Learning to look -- A mind of one's own -- Genes and environment -- Temperament and learning -- Literacy -- Numeracy -- Expertise -- Preparing for school.

Summary: "Educating the Human Brain" is the product of a quarter century of research. This book provides an empirical account of the early development of attention and self regulation in infants and young children. 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 cognitive and temperament measurement, neuroimaging, and molecular genetics, the book integrates research on neural networks common to all of us with studies of individual differences. In this book, the authors explain where, when, and how the brain performs functions that are necessary for learning. 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad	612.82 POS-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		50170

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-243) and indexes.

"Educating the Human Brain" is the product of a quarter century of research. This book provides an empirical account of the early development of attention and self regulation in infants and young children. 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 cognitive and temperament measurement, neuroimaging, and molecular genetics, the book integrates research on neural networks common to all of us with studies of individual differences. In this book, the authors explain where, when, and how the brain performs functions that are necessary for learning. 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.

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