Neuropsycholoical Contributions to Education

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Abstract
This paper deals with the effects of general experiences and specific educational practices on the structure and functioning of the central nervous system. The dynamic relationships among various regions of the brain are expressed in the interdependence of such cognitive functions as motor skills, perception, language, and memory and in the integration of information within and among modalities and of receptive and expressive functions. Anatomic and physiological research has demonstrated, moreover, that emotional and attentional processes are inseparable from cognitive ones. What we now know about the brain supports certain educational practices and suggests certain methods for the teacher (e.g., when there is a hemispheric deficit). The brain can change, and the teacher is responsible in part for providing the environment in which these changes can occur.