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Cognitive Neuroscience

. . . Advances [in cognitive neuroscience] have breathed new life into very old arguments about human agency, moral responsibility, and the proper ends of criminal punishment. A prominent group of cognitive neuroscientists, joined by sympathetic philosophers, lawyers, and social scientists, have drawn upon the tools of their discipline in an effort to embarrass, discredit, and ultimately overth...

Cognitive Neuroscience: implications for education?

Research into the functioning of the human brain, particularly during the past decade, has greatly enhanced our understanding of cognitive behaviours which are fundamental to education: learning, memory, intelligence, emotion. Here, we argue the case that research findings from cognitive neuroscience hold implications for educational practice. In doing so we advance a bio-psycho-social position...

Cognitive Neuroscience: Applied Cognitive Psychology

The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) was founded in 1994 with a major purpose “to enhance collaboration and co-operation between basic and applied researchers in memory and cognition.” Cognitive neuroscience presents opportunities to help actualize the SARMAC vision. The current translational zeitgeist promoted by the National Institutes of Mental Health can be seen...

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology

structure. All three groups displayed negative transfer to random material in block 7, and positive transfer to block 8, which is constructed as blocks 1–6. The crucial test of transfer involves new material with different surface structure but the same abstract structure in blocks 9 and 10. The schizophrenic group showed no evidence of use of the abstract information in blocks 9 and 10, as was...