Neuroscience in Education The good, the bad, and the ugly

In the past ten years, there has been growing interest in applying our knowledge of the functioning of the human brain to the field of education-including reading, learning, language and mathematics. This has resulted in the development of a number of new practices in education-some good, some bad and some just crazy. Neuroscience in Education brings together an international group of leading psychologists, neuroscientists, educationalists andgeneticists to critically review some of these new developments, examining the science behind these practices, the validity of the theories on which they are based, and whether they work. It will be fascinating reading for anyone involved in education, including teachers, psychologists, neuroscientists, andpolicy makers as well as interested parents.

Sergio Della Sala is a trained Clinical Neurologist, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience in the Psychology Department at the University of Edinburgh, UK and is holding an adjunct chair at the Psychology Department of the University of Western Australia. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Editor of Cortex. His research focuses on memory and memory impairments and on the cognitive deficits associated with brain damage.

Mike Anderson is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Neurocognitive Development Unit in the School of Psychology at the University of Western Australia. His research is based around his theory of intelligence and development and focuses most recently on the influence of the developing brain on intellectual functions in children.