Understanding the brain and the education of adult and young people

Abstract

The paper explores cognitive neuroscience contributions to the education of adult and young people. Advances in brain understanding make new contributions in the educational field, the will of exploring these supports this text based on the analysis of a participatory research process developed with young and adult people teachers. The study addresses outstanding topics in neuroscience such as learning environment, memory and remembering, motivation and emotions, anxiety and stress, attention system and space organization as they relate to the diversity and complexity the education of adult and young people faces nowadays. The text concludes that advancing in brain understanding requires an interdisciplinary vision which articulates biological sciences with advances from sociology, psychology, and anthropology incorporating as a central perspective the educators’teaching reflection.