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Learning Brain : Memory and Brain Development in Children by Torkel Klingberg (2012, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199917108

ISBN-139780199917105

eBay Product ID (ePID)114081789

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLearning Brain : Memory and Brain Development in Children

Publication Year2012

SubjectPediatrics, Developmental / Child, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Learning Styles

TypeTextbook

AuthorTorkel Klingberg

Subject AreaEducation, Psychology, Medical

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-012256

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"With a friendly and clear writing style, Klingberg introduces us to the factors that shape working memory, and the profound impact it has on our lives... Crucially, Klingberg highlights the costs of missed diagnosis: children with working memory deficits have extreme difficulty attaining math and verbal skills and suffer from low self-esteem" -- New York Times Book Review, "With a friendly and clear writing style, Klingberg introduces us to the factors that shape working memory, and the profound impact it has on our lives... Crucially, Klingberg highlights the costs of missed diagnosis: children with working memory deficits have extreme difficulty attaining math and verbal skills and suffer from low self-esteem" -- New York Times Book Review "Klingberg mixes multiple anecdotes with scientific studies... The result is fascinating and readable. There is much to recommend in this book. The anecdotes and descriptions of many pieces of research are interesting and sure to pique the curiosity of most readers." --PsycCRITIQUES

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal612.8/233083

Table Of Content1. Being unlucky when you think - the importance of working memoryRemembering what to concentrate onWhy do students daydream?The working memories of the Nynshamn childrenADHD and children with low working memories2. The growing brain - how the brain develops and maturesThe development of the brainThe brain maturesGenes and the brainThe white matter3. Through the Pyrenees by motorbike - the risk-taking teenage brainRisks and rewardsNeuroscience and the law4. "Now I am really awake for the first time ever" - long term memoryChildren's long-term memoryThe key to the memoryImproving the long-term memory5. Mathematics, memory and spaceCounting babiesRetaining numbers in working memoryThe mnemonic mapMathematical areasMathematics and genderDyscalculia - does it exist?Premature birth and dyscalculiaTraining programs6. Reading, dyslexia and problematic relationshipsLearning to readReading areas of the brain and dyslexiaDyslexia: genetics and displaced cellsWhy the problems are interconnectedDyslexia training and neuroscientific predictions7. The early environment and brain development - the importance of stimulation and engaged parentsStimulating environments and brain developmentThe role of parents in memory and stress8. Skydiving and expectations - what acute and chronic stress do to usStress hormones and nerve cellsSocial stressChronic stress9. Cognitive training, memory techniques and musicThe dream of the perfect memoryThe brain of a memory championWorking memory trainingThe art of trainingCan everything be trained?Music10. Body and soulJogging and the brainIntelligence and infections11. This will change everythingFive themesA schoolgirl of the futureReferencesBibliography

SynopsisDespite all our highly publicized efforts to improve our schools, the United States is still falling behind. We recently ranked 15th in the world in reading, math, and science. Clearly, more needs to be done. In The Learning Brain , Torkel Klingberg urges us to use the insights of neuroscience to improve the education of our children. The key to improving education lies in understanding how the brain works: that is where learning takes place, after all. The book focuses in particular on "working memory"--our ability to concentrate and to keep relevant information in our head while ignoring distractions (a topic the author covered in The Overflowing Brain ). Research shows enormous variation in working memory among children, with some ten-year-olds performing at the level of a fourteen-year old, others at that of a six-year old. More important, children with high working memory have better math and reading skills, while children with poor working memory consistently underperform. Interestingly, teachers tend to perceive children with poor working memory as dreamy or unfocused, not recognizing that these children have a memory problem. But what can we do for these children? For one, we can train working memory. The Learning Brain provides a variety of different techniques and scientific insights that may just teach us how to improve our children's working memory. Klingberg also discusses how stress can impair working memory (skydivers tested just before a jump showed a 30% drop in working memory) and how aerobic exercise can actually modify the brain's nerve cells and improve classroom performance. Torkel Klingberg is one of the world's leading cognitive neuroscientists, but in this book he wears his erudition lightly, writing with simplicity and good humor as he shows us how to give our children the best chance to learn and grow., All learning takes place in the brain, and the key to a child's development is how its brain matures. But how can we take the step from knowledge of neurons to education? What is the cause of inattention, dyslexia, or dyscalculia? How does brain maturation affect teenage behavior? These are all important questions to ask as many statistics suggest that levels of knowledge in children have stagnated and in some cases receded. Drawing fom his and others research, and, in certain cases, stories and examples, Torkel Klingberg, a leading cognitive neuroscientist, shows how the brain is affected by genes, stress, physical exercise and parental relationships. The result of his research, The Learning Brain, demonstrates how we can give our children and teenagers the best opportunities to learn and develop., Despite all our highly publicized efforts to improve our schools, the United States is still falling behind. We recently ranked 15th in the world in reading, math, and science. Clearly, more needs to be done. In The Learning Brain, Torkel Klingberg urges us to use the insights of neuroscience to improve the education of our children. The key to improving education lies in understanding how the brain works: that is where learning takes place, after all. The book focuses in particular on "working memory"--our ability to concentrate and to keep relevant information in our head while ignoring distractions (a topic the author covered in The Overflowing Brain). Research shows enormous variation in working memory among children, with some ten-year-olds performing at the level of a fourteen-year old, others at that of a six-year old. More important, children with high working memory have better math and reading skills, while children with poor working memory consistently underperform. Interestingly, teachers tend to perceive children with poor working memory as dreamy or unfocused, not recognizing that these children have a memory problem. But what can we do for these children? For one, we can train working memory. The Learning Brain provides a variety of different techniques and scientific insights that may just teach us how to improve our children's working memory. Klingberg also discusses how stress can impair working memory (skydivers tested just before a jump showed a 30% drop in working memory) and how aerobic exercise can actually modify the brain's nerve cells and improve classroom performance. Torkel Klingberg is one of the world's leading cognitive neuroscientists, but in this book he wears his erudition lightly, writing with simplicity and good humor as he shows us how to give our children the best chance to learn and grow., Despite all our highly publicized efforts to improve our schools, the United States is still falling behind. We recently ranked 15th in the world in reading, math, and science. Clearly, more needs to be done. In The Learning Brain, Torkel Klingberg urges us to use the insights of neuroscience to improve the education of our children. The key to improving education lies in understanding how the brain works: that is where learning takes place, after all. The book focuses in particular on "working memory" - our ability to concentrate and to keep relevant information in our head while ignoring distractions (a topic the author covered in The Overflowing Brain). Research shows enormous variation in working memory among children, with some ten-year-olds performing at the level of a fourteen-year old, others at that of a six-year old. More important, children with high working memory have better math and reading skills, while children with poor working memory consistently underperform. Interestingly, teachers tend to perceive children with poor working memory as dreamy or unfocused, not recognizing that these children have a memory problem. But what can we do for these children? For one, we can train working memory. The Learning Brain provides a variety of different techniques and scientific insights that may just teach us how to improve our children's working memory. Klingberg also discusses how stress can impair working memory (skydivers tested just before a jump showed a 30% drop in working memory) and how aerobic exercise can actually modify the brain's nerve cells and improve classroom performance. Torkel Klingberg is one of the world's leading cognitive neuroscientists, but in this book he wears his erudition lightly, writing with simplicity and good humor as he shows us how to give our children the best chance to learn and grow.

LC Classification NumberQP406.K55 2013