Education and the brain / [electronic resource] by the yearbook committee and associated contributors ; edited by Jeanne S. Chall and Allan F. Mirsky ; editor for the Society, Kenneth J. Rehage.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The brain sciences : an introduction / Allan F. Mirsky -- Attention : a neuropsychological perspective / Allan F. Mirsky -- Education and the cognitive processes of the brain / M.C. Wittrock -- The biology of motivation / Sebastian P. Grossman -- Language and the brain : relationship of localization of language function to the acquisition and loss of various aspects of language / Kenneth M. Heilman -- Cerebral laterization and cognitive development / Marcel Kinsbourne and Merrill Hiscock -- Minimal brain dysfunction / Martha Bridge Denckla -- Neuroplasticity : implications for development and education / Rita G. Rudel -- A mind of three minds : educating the truine brain / Paul D. McLean -- Growth spurts during brain development : implications for educational policy and practice / Herman T. Epstein -- The implications for education / Jeanne S. Chall and Allan F. Mirsky.