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Our brains, and how they're not as simple as we think | Science | The Observer - 2 views

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    Skeptical about the inaccuracies in 'folk neuroscience'.
Daniel Barber

▶ The Neuroscience of Language and Learning - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is a wonderful lecture from Karen Froud, Director of the Neurocognition of Language Lab, and Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology and Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College, at the cutting edge of neuroeducation.
Daniel Barber

Links for parents, teachers & educators - Centre for Neuroscience in Education - 1 views

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    Uni of Cambridge Centre for Neuroscience in Education USEFUL LINKS page
Daniel Barber

The Trouble With Brain Science - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • What we are really looking for is a bridge, some way of connecting two separate scientific languages — those of neuroscience and psychology.
  • example is the discovery of DNA
  • We know that there must be some lawful relation between assemblies of neurons and the elements of thought, but we are currently at a loss to describe those laws.
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  • as anyone in a field richer in data than theory (like weather forecasting) can tell you, amassing data is only a start
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    Essay on the limitations of neuroscience
Daniel Barber

The Marco Polo of Neuroscience - V.S Ramachandran - All In The Mind - ABC Radio Nationa... - 0 views

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    Podcast interview with top neuroscientist V.S Ramachandran
Daniel Barber

Educational neuroscience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Really comprehensive intro to neuroeducation by Wikipedia
Daniel Barber

Brain-Based Learning: The New Paradigm of Teaching: Amazon.co.uk: Eric P. Jensen: Books - 0 views

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    Interesting practical book on education and neuroscience, but jumps too quickly to conclusions? eg See vitamins & exercise - worth researching further??? Probably bunk
Daniel Barber

BishopBlog: What is educational neuroscience? - 0 views

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    Suppose I find out that the left angular gyrus becomes more active as children learn to read. What is a teacher supposed to do with that information?
Daniel Barber

Frontiers | Musical expertise and foreign speech perception | Frontiers in Systems Neur... - 0 views

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    Musicians percieve prosodic differences in foreign languages better than non-musicians
Daniel Barber

Executive function and bilingualism in young and older adults | Frontiers in Behavioral... - 1 views

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    Casting doubt on advantages for bilinguals n executive function tasks
Daniel Barber

Speech motor brain regions are differentially recruited during perception of native and... - 1 views

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    Very promising research from point of view of classroom activities.
Daniel Barber

£6m fund brings together neuroscientists and teachers to improve learning (Wi... - 1 views

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    6m pounds of interest in evidence-based ed!
Daniel Barber

Is there a tape recorder in your head? How the brain stores and retrieves musical melod... - 1 views

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    Fascinating synthesis of research about musical memory with analogies with technology (tape recorders, etc). Embodied cognition, too, as auditory pathways seem to have been coopted from motor coordination. Musical recording = temporal event recorded in spacial way.
Daniel Barber

New research to investigate if neuroscience can improve teaching and learning in schools - 1 views

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    Wellcome Trust turns its attention, an coffers, to neuroeducation - 6 projects
Daniel Barber

From photography to supercomputers: how we see ourselves in our inventions | Science | ... - 2 views

  • we inevitably saw ourselves in our machines
  • ere is a danger that we'll sideline aspects of human nature that don't easily fit the concept
  • What starts as a tool to help us understand ourselves, begins to replace us in our understanding
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  • We tend to understand ourselves through our inventions
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    A brilliant essay about our metaphors for the mind, and their origins in technology
Daniel Barber

The linguistic genius of babies: what does it mean for grown-ups? | teflresearch - 0 views

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    Babies soon hone in on the subtleties of their mother tongue's phonological idiosyncrasies at the expense of foreign sounds, and what this means for older people learning second languages.
Daniel Barber

Brain Rules: Brain development for parents, teachers and business leaders | Brain Rules | - 0 views

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    A wonderful site for lots of general info on the brain. A great place to start for the beginner!
Daniel Barber

Glass brain flythrough - 0 views

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    A dazzling imaging combo with extra sparklers for a dramatic visualisation of brain activity.
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