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About this article:• Examines the results, interpretations, andconclusions: neuroscience vs. educationargument- failed.• Two shorter bridges that indirectly linkbrain function with educational practices:between education & cognitive psychologyand between cognitive psychology andneuroscience.• Newer bridge: seeing how mentalfunctions map onto brain structures.• Cognitive psychology provides the onlyfirm ground to anchor these bridges!
In depth Neuroscience andEducational argument:• First- infancy continuing into childhood:dramatic increase in the # of synapsesthat connect neurons in the brain.• This proliferation(synaptogenesis) isfollowed by synaptic elimination• Second- experience-dependent criticalperiods in the development of sensory andmotor systems.• Third- environments cause new synapsesto form.(tested in rats)
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