Description
| Product ID: | 9781138824461 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Evolution of the Learning Brain |
| Subtitle: | Or How You Got To Be So Smart... |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Howard-Jones |
| Page Count: | 238 |
| Subjects: | Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, History of education, Educational psychology, Learning, History of education, Educational psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This fascinating book tells the emerging story of how learning has evolved. It provides a fresh perspective on the nature of human learning and on the educational implications today of a biological history that stretches across 600 million years. How does learning transform us biologically? What learning processes do we share with bacteria, jellyfish and monkeys? Is technology impacting on our evolution and what might the future hold for the learning brain? These are just some of the questions Paul Howard-Jones explores on a fascinating journey through 3.5 billion years of brain evolution, and discovers what it all means for how we learn today. Along the way, we discover
An accessible writing style and numerous illustrations make Evolution of the Learning Brain an enthralling combination of biology, neuroscience and educational insight. Howard-Jones provides a fresh perspective on the nature of human learning that is exhaustively researched, exploring the implications of our most distant past for twenty-first-century education. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-02-01 |
