- Represents a new research area with direct relevance to current educational practices and policy making
- Features individual chapters written collaboratively by educationalist, psychologists, and neuroscientists to ensure maximum clarity and relevance to a broad range of readers
- Edited by a trio of leading academics with extensive experience in the field
Table of Contents
List of contributors ix
Preface xi
Foreword: Imaging the Future xii
Michael I. Posner
1. Introduction 1
Brian Butterworth and Andy Tolmie
2. Neuroimaging Methods 13
Frederic Dick, Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Anna Blasi, Clare Elwell, and Debbie Mills
3. Computational Modeling of Learning and Teaching 46
Michael S. C. Thomas and Diana Laurillard
4. Genetics for Education 77
Yulia Kovas, Sergei Malykh, and Stephen A. Petrill
5. Research Methods in Educational Psychology 110
Andy Tolmie
6. Language Development 134
Victoria Knowland and Chris Donlan
7. Literacy Development 172
Liory Fern-Pollak and Jackie Masterson
8. Mathematical Development 201
Brian Butterworth and Sashank Varma
9. The Development and Application of Scientific Reasoning 237
Jonathan Fugelsang and Denis Mareschal
10. Social Development 268
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Kathrin Cohen Kadosh, Catherine L. Sebastian, Tobias Grossmann, and Mark H. Johnson
11. Emotional Development 297
Alice Jones
12. Attention and Executive Control 325
Michelle de Haan
Afterword 349
John T. Bruer
Index 364
