Cognitive Science Contributions to Educational Practice

• Main Author: Languis, Marlin
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 1991; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
• Subjects: Cognition in children; Cognitive neuroscience; Cognitive psychology; Cognitive science; Constructivism (Education); Educational Psychology; Learning, Psychology of; WISC Block Design; Classroom Teaching Behaviors; Electrocutaneous Stimuli; American Psychiatric Association; Left Hemisphere Task; Reading Disorders; WISC Digit Span; Computerized Axial Tomography; relationships; Field Dependent Subjects; Instructional Preference; disabled; hemisphere; behavior; Auxiliary Function; Psychological Refractory Period; Field Dependence Independence; Auditory Visual Presentation; dependency; EEG Data; EEG Frequency Band; Field Dependent; brain; Reading Disabled; EEG Data Collection; CT; field; left; readers; Hemispheric Lateralization; Event Related Brain Potentials; Played Back; style; Attitude Valence; ADL Score

This volume brings together theory, research and development in cognitive neuro-science. It investigates the neural processes involved in cognition and learning, using developments in computer technology to study the brain in action and other topographic brain mapping. Electrical activity patterns o...

Table of Contents:

• Front Cover -- Cognitive Science -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Part One: Perspectives on Cognitiveneuroscience and Educational Practice -- 1. Emerging Metaphors of Mind: Unmasking the Brain: Richard M. Restak -- 2. Neuroscience Tools for Educators: Paul J. Naour and Michael W. Torello -- 3. All Children Are Not Created Equal: Studies on Differential Psychobiology and Emotional Stress Reactions: Samuel A. Corson and Elizabeth O' Leary Corson -- Part Two: Cognitive Neuroscience Research: Probing Substrates of Educational problems -- 4. Studies of Stroke Patients Suggest a Novel Kind of Relationship between Mood Disorder and Lesion Location: Robert G. Robinson and Thomas R. Price -- 5. Heart Rate Correlates of Behavioral Function in Developmentally Impaired Infants and Children: April E. Ronca, David S. Tuber, Gary G. Berntson, and Sally T. Boysen -- 6. Patterns of Electrophysiological Activity in Normal and Disabled Readers: David W. Shucard, Mark G. McGee, Katherine R. Cummins, Deborah D. Minarick, and John C. Hill -- 7. Developmental Component in Brain Electrical Activity of Normal and Learning Disabled Boys: Paul J. Naour, Marlin L. Languis, and Daniel J. Martin -- 8. Nystagmus and Behavioral Effects of Vestibular Stimulation in Autistic Children: David L. Clark, Regina B. Gunsett, and Howard A. I. Newman -- 9. Learning Characteristics Related to Neural Balance: A Study of Autism: James D. Cowan, Robert F. Vieth, James J. Buffer, Jr., Ralph E. Shibley, Jr., and Howard A.I. Newman -- 10. Brain Functioning Cognitive Style and Personality Variables in Learning and Teaching Behaviors: Carol Lyons -- 11. Cortical Model for Visual Thinking by Profoundly Deaf Persons: Carol A. Lyons -- Part Three: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Concerns in Helping Professions
• 12. Cognitive Correlates of Attention Deficit Disorder: Implications for Diagnosis: Richard M. Ashbrook and Peter A. Magaro -- 13. Acquired Learning Disorders in Children: A Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Framework for Assessment and Intervention: Judith A. Groves -- 14. Cognitive Profile: Academic Achievement: Charles A. Letteri -- 15. Field Dependence Independence: Developmental and Laterality Variables: Donna F. Berlin -- 16. Psychological Type and Learning: Robert Bargar and Randy L. Hoover -- 17. Teacher Cognitive Functioning in Patterns of Classroom Teaching Behavior: Dennis W. Sunal and Cynthia S. Sunal -- 18. Mediator Use during an Inferential Problem Solving Task: Medical Diagnosis: Lynn Kerbeshian -- 19. Learning Styles Developments in Continuing Education for Physicians: Lynn Curry -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2