Educational Neuroscience

Denis Mareschal is Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. He is co-author and co-editor of Neuroconstructivism: How the Brain Constructs Cognition and The Making of Human Concepts, and Joint Editor of Developmental Science. Andy Tolmie is Chair of Psychology and Human Development and Dean of the Doctoral School at the Institute of Education, Deputy Director of the London Centre for Educational Neuroscience, and Editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology.Brian Butterworth is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, and founding chair of the London Centre for Education Neuroscience. He is the author of The Mathematical Brain (1999).

• List of contributors ixPreface xiForeword: Imaging the Future xiiMichael I. Posner1. Introduction 1Brian Butterworth and Andy Tolmie2. Neuroimaging Methods 13Frederic Dick, Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Anna Blasi, Clare Elwell, and Debbie Mills3. Computational Modeling of Learning and Teaching 46Michael S. C. Thomas and Diana Laurillard4. Genetics for Education 77Yulia Kovas, Sergei Malykh, and Stephen A. Petrill5. Research Methods in Educational Psychology 110Andy Tolmie6. Language Development 134Victoria Knowland and Chris Donlan7. Literacy Development 172Liory Fern-Pollak and Jackie Masterson8. Mathematical Development 201Brian Butterworth and Sashank Varma9. The Development and Application of Scientific Reasoning 237Jonathan Fugelsang and Denis Mareschal10. Social Development 268Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Kathrin Cohen Kadosh, Catherine L. Sebastian, Tobias Grossmann, and Mark H. Johnson11. Emotional Development 297Alice Jones12. Attention and Executive Control 325Michelle de HaanAfterword 349John T. BruerIndex 364