Table of Contents

List of contributors ix

Preface xi

Foreword Imaging the Future - Michael I. Posner

1. Introduction - Brian Butterworth and Andy Tolmie
2. Neuroimaging Methods - Frederic Dick, Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Anna Blasi, Clare Elwell, and Debbie Mills
3. Computational Modeling of Learning and Teaching - Michael S. C. Thomas and Diana Laurillard
4. Genetics for Education - Yulia Kovas, Sergei Malykh, and Stephen A. Petrill
5. Research Methods in Educational Psychology - Andy Tolmie
6. Language Development - Victoria Knowland and Chris Donlan
7. Literacy Development - Liory Fern-Pollak and Jackie Masterson
8. Mathematical Development - Brian Butterworth and Sashank Varma
9. The Development and Application of Scientific Reasoning - Jonathan Fugelsang and Denis Mareschal
10. Social Development - Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Kathrin Cohen Kadosh, Catherine L. Sebastian, Tobias Grossmann, and Mark H. Johnson
11. Emotional Development - Alice Jones
12. Attention and Executive Control -Michelle de Haan

Afterword - John T. Bruer

Index