Demand Grows To Link Neuroscience With Education

By Linda Jacobson

Chicago

As public fascination with brain research has grown in recent years, scientists have often warned educators and others who work with children against drawing sweeping conclusions based on the latest findings of neuroscience.

The field of brain science, they say, is still too young to have much impact on practices used in the classroom.

Despite these caveats, however, many experts have begun sensing a growing need to translate basic neuroscientific findings into a digestible form for those who are looking for guidance, such as parents and educators. Others are looking to restore some balance to what they see as misinterpretations and gross generalizations of the research that have been spread by...