"Introducing mind and brain explains what the sdciences have to say about planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision. It traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging."--Publisher description.
This book examines a profound and mysterious puzzle: how does the biological tissue that makes up the brain give rise to the activities that our culture refers to as the Mind?
The book is generously illustrated, including many images of thinkers who contributed to the field.
13 14 15 16 17 18 Apparatus used in preliminary training 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FIGURE 1.4 Tolman's rat experiment (2) Skinner, who decried psychological theories that made reference to mental states. Skinner's great success can be ...
When the first edition of Teaching with the Brain in Mind was published in 1998, it quickly became an ASCD best-seller, and it has gone on to inspire thousands of educators to apply brain research in their classroom teaching.
Understanding how the brain learns helps teachers do their jobs more effectively. Primary researchers share the latest findings on the learning process and address their implications for educational theory and practice.
Neural networks are used to explore how the brain's structure influences the mind.
First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
... explores cross-cultural differences in the uptake (or lack thereof) of neurodiversity discourses in autism social ... as cultural practices used in individual and collective identity formation as well as social and political action.
In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction.
First published in 1985, this collection of original essays traces the development of mind in animals and human beings from its origins in the evolution of larger brains with a capacity for creating mental models of the environment.