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Swartz, Ann L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
In adult education, there has recently been a recognition of the body's role in adult learning. Attention to neuroscience is somewhat limited, though is emerging. These two perspectives are not integrated. With this article, the author argues that adult education must look to science to achieve a deeper understanding of the evolving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Intellectual Development, Scientific Research
Albert, Dustin; Steinberg, Laurence – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
In this article, we review the most important findings to have emerged during the past 10 years in the study of judgment and decision making (JDM) in adolescence and look ahead to possible new directions in this burgeoning area of research. Three inter-related shifts in research emphasis are of particular importance and serve to organize this…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Decision Making, Cognitive Processes, Adolescents
Thompson, Ross A. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2008
The past decade has seen an upsurge in public understanding of early brain development. News reports, statements by policymakers, and commercial marketing of products for infants and young children have all contributed to a widespread understanding of the explosive growth of the brain in the early years and that stimulation acts as a catalyst to…
Descriptors: Brain, Scientific Research, Child Development, Stimulation
Miller, Steve; Tallal, Paula A. – School Administrator, 2006
Brain is the source of all human thoughts, feelings and emotions. Now the mysteries of the human brain are rapidly being elucidated by neuroscience research. For more than 150 years, neuroscience has held that most of the brain's functionality develops during critical periods in early childhood and that once past these critical periods, the window…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Speech, Oral Language, Brain
Geschwind, Norman – Scientific American, 1979
The specialized regions of the brain which control mental activity and language development are discussed in this article. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Human Body, Language Acquisition