Michael S. C. Thomas - Educational Neuroscience: Development Across the Life Span

The field of educational neuroscience uses new insights about the neural mechanisms of learning to improve educational practices and outcomes. The first volume to bring together the latest knowledge on the development of educational neuroscience from a life-span perspective, this important text offers state of the art, authoritative research findings in educational neuroscience before providing evidence-based recommendations for classroom practice.

Thomas, Mareschal, Dumontheil, and the team of expert international contributors assembled in this volume thoroughly explore four main themes throughout the book. The first theme is individual differences, or what makes children perform better or worse in the classroom. The second theme is the nature of individual differences at different stages in development, from early years into adulthood. The third theme addresses cognitive enhancement, summarizing research that has investigated activities that might give general benefits to cognition. And the fourth theme considers the translation of research findings into classroom practices, discussing broader ethical issues raised by educational neuroscience, and what teachers need to know about neuroscience to enhance their day-to-day practice. Specific topics explored include neuropsychological perspectives on socioeconomic disparities in educational achievement, reading difficulties, phonological skills, executive function, and emotional development.

Educational Neuroscience is essential reading for researchers and graduate students of educational psychology, developmental science, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology, especially those specializing in emotion regulation.

Michael S. C. Thomas obtained his PhD from the University of Oxford and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCL Institute of Child Health. His research in developmental cognitive neuroscience focuses on the origins of cognitive variability, including developmental disorders. He is Director of the University of London Centre for Educational Neuroscience, UK.

Denis Mareschal is Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, University of London, UK. He has published extensively on all aspects of learning and development across infancy and childhood, and is a recipient of the Marr Prize (Cognitive Science Society, USA), the Young Researcher Award (International Society on Infant Studies, USA), and the Margaret Donaldson Prize (British Psychological Society, UK).

Iroise Dumontheil obtained a PhD from the University of Paris VI and then was a postdoctoral fellow in labs in London, Cambridge and Stockholm. She is a recipient of the Spearman Medal (British Psychological Society, UK) and the Elizabeth Warrington Prize (British Neuropsychological Society, UK). Her research focuses on the typical development of the brain, cognition and behaviour during adolescence, and on the implication of these findings for education.

Series Editors: Martha Ann Bell and Kirby Deater-Deckard

Frontiers of Developmental Science is a series of edited volumes that aims to deliver inclusive developmental perspectives on substantive areas in psychology. Interdisciplinary and life-span oriented in its objectives and coverage, the series underscores the dynamic and exciting status of contemporary developmental science.

Social Cognition

Development Across the Life Span

Jessica A. Sommerville and Jean Decety

Executive Function

Development Across the Life Span

Sandra A. Wiebe and Julia Karbach

Emotion Regulation

A Matter of Time

Pamela M. Cole and Tom Hollenstein

Reach-to-Grasp Behavior

Brain, Behavior, and Modelling Across the Life Span

Daniela Corbetta and Marco Santello

Educational Neuroscience

Development Across the Life Span

Edited by Michael S. C. Thomas, Denis Mareschal and Iroise Dumontheil

For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/Frontiers-of-Developmental-Science/book-series/FRONDEVSCI

Edited by Michael S. C. Thomas, Denis Mareschal and Iroise Dumontheil

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