Abstract
Educational neuroscience explores the brain-behaviour relationship and in turn tries to link the relationships to developments in educational practice. This chapter introduces a number of methods that are common in educational neuroscience, after which examples are given on how these may be applied in health professions education. Noninvasive neuroimaging techniques are available that provide information on how the brain responds to certain stimuli or situations. Functional magnetic resonance imaging might be more relevant for educational sciences. One important topic in educational neuroscience is that of computational modelling of learning within the context of education. Reading is one of the fields in which much progress was made in using neuroscientific data to inform and develop educational processes. Clinical reasoning is a highly important competence of medical education. The chapter shows how educational neuroscience might contribute to medical education now and in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Researching Medical Education, Second Edition |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 187-195 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119839446 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119839415 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- clinical reasoning
- computational modelling
- educational neuroscience
- educational practice
- magnetic resonance imaging
- noninvasive neuroimaging techniques