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An Evolutionarily Informed Education Science
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Geary, David C. – Educational Psychologist, 2008
Schools are a central interface between evolution and culture. They are the contexts in which children learn the evolutionarily novel abilities and knowledge needed to function as adults in modern societies. Evolutionary educational psychology is the study of how an evolved bias in children's learning and motivational systems influences their…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Learning Motivation, Evolution, Bias
Cognition: A Functional View.
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Iran-Nejad, Asghar; Ortony, Andrew – 1982
Proposing a shift in the locus of theoretical analysis of cognition, this paper argues that cognitive functioning may be more readily characterized without the mediation of long-term mental associations and structure. An account of cognition is proposed in which mental relations are transient functional relations, and in which psychological…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Epistemology
Twelve Issues for Cognitive Science.
Norman, Donald A. – 1979
Cognitive science is a science of intelligence, of knowledge and its uses. Research is psychological theory follows four major themes: Perception, Attention, Memory, and Performance. Only when the range of cognitive mechanisms and functions is known, can possible theoretical approaches characterizing human thought and cognition be distinguished.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development
A Subgroup Analysis of Working Memory in Children with Reading Disabilities: Domain-General or Domain-Specific Deficiency?
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Swanson, H. Lee; Sachse-Lee, Carole – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
A study that compared 20 children with reading difficulties (RD) with severe executive processing deficits, 16 with RD with moderate executive processing ability, 20 with high ability, and 20 who had moderate sentence span scores, found a domain-general system may partially contribute to poor working memory in children with RD. (Contains…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
The Genetic Components of Verbal Divergent Thinking and Short Term Memory.
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Pezzullo, Thomas R.; Madaus, George F. – 1971
A study of twins was conducted to determine the presence of an hereditary component in short term memory and in three aspects of verbal divergent thinking--flexibility, fluency, and originality. Results showed the existence of a significant genetic component in the trait of short term memory, while none was found in verbal divergent thinking. (AG)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking
Longitudinal Twin Study of Early Reading Development in Three Countries: Preliminary Results.
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Byrne, Brian; Delaland, Cara; Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth; Quain, Peter; Samuelsson, Stefan; Hoien, Torleiv; Corley, Robin; DeFries, John C.; Wadsworth, Sally; Willcutt, Erik; Olson, Richard K. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2002
Preliminary results from data on 146 Australian, 284 American, and 70 Norwegian preschool twins indicate reliable genetic influences on phonological awareness and memory and learning. Vocabulary, grammar, and morphology showed significant shared environment and negligible genetic effects. A print knowledge composite showed genetic and shared…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia