Neuroscience is helping us so much in education today with new research coming out all the time now. Brain scanning and imaging is assisting us to not only learn how the brain works but also how emotions affect learning, how the different areas talk to each other, what environmental factors affect engagement for learning.
Check out this article about ASD students and writing. Very interesting report on neuroscience which I have highlighted below. Please read the whole article though. Great information for all educators.
'Until recently, medical science believed that ASD affected only those areas of the brain that controlled social interactions, communication, and problem solving. However, with the advent of brain-imaging tools, new information has emerged. For example, recent brain research has shown that there are significant differences in the way the entire brain functions in individuals with ASD. The most important difference appears to be in the way the various areas of the brain communicate with each other. In the brain of a person with ASD, messages don’t get sent from one section of the brain to another with the same frequency and efficiency as they do in the neurotypical brain (Mostofsky et al. 2009). The “parts” often work well, but they don’t “talk” with each other!'
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