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ReviewFrontiers in public health2023

How understanding and strengthening brain networks can contribute to elementary education.

Michael I Posner, Mary K Rothbart

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michael I PosnerDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.
Mary K RothbartDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging the human brain during the last 35 years offers potential for improving education. What is needed is knowledge on the part of educators of all types of how this potential can be realized in practical terms. This paper briefly reviews the current level of understanding of brain networks that underlie aspects of elementary education and its preparation for later learning. This includes the acquisition of reading, writing and number processing, improving attention and increasing the motivation to learn. This knowledge can enhance assessment devices, improve child behavior and motivation and lead to immediate and lasting improvements in educational systems.

Indexed as

BrainLearningChildEducational StatusHumansMotivationReadingattentionelementary educationmemorymindsetnumberreading

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PMID37427273
PMCPMC10328089

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