Teaching the Science in Neuroscience to Protect From Neuromyths: From Courses to Fieldwork.

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, Cognitive Neuroscience has evolved from a rather arcane field trying to understand how the brain supports mental activities, to one that contributes to public policies. In this article, we focus on the contributions from Cognitive Neuroscience to Education. This line of research has produced a great deal of information that can potentially help in the transformation of Education, promoting interventions that help in several domains including literacy and math learning, social skills and science. The growth of the Neurosciences has also created a public demand for knowledge and a market for neuro-products to fulfill these demands, through books, booklets, courses, apps and websites. These products are not always based on scientific findings and coupled to the complexities

SUBMITTER: Carboni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506040 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature