Emotions, Learning, and the Brain - Exploring the Educational Implications of Affective Neuroscience (Relié)

"This book is like the planning document for the revolution of affective neuroscience, which has transformed our understanding of what makes humans tick : our drives, frailties, loves, and - through Immordino-Yang's brilliant work - how we learn. Emotion and reason are not separate, as we've figured since antiquity ; they are deeply intertwined, as are the mind and body. Here, Immordino-Yang and her colleagues, including the discipline's godfather, Antonio Damasio, explain it all, with reason and passion." RON SUSKIND, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Life, Animated : A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism.
"Fasten your seatbelts and step into the fast lane of twenty-first century cognitive neuroscience, emotions, and learning. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang gets straight to the heart of the matter : how and why emotions matter in teaching and learning. Emotions, Learning, and the Brain is the book we have all being waiting for : relevant, rigorous and, yes, revolutionary. It is the book every teacher and parent, every policy maker and researcher, and every citizen concerned with the future of American education should read." MARCELO M.
SUÁREZ-OROZCO, Wasserman Dean & Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. "Emotions, Learning, and the Brain provides a comprehensive review of the latest research in neuroscience, which demonstrates the power of emotions in learning in every setting, from the classroom to digital environments. For decades, experimentation by psychologists has shown that emotions matter in the classroom - and matter a great deal.
Immordino-Yang strengthens that evidence base with a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind it, helping explain the critical links between emotions and learning." MARC A. BRACKETT, PhD, Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. "Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is not only a brilliant and original researcher ; she also has a gift for coming up with exceptionally creative ways of looking at child and adolescent development for teachers and the general public.
From winning the Cozzarelli Prize to her latest achievement in this remarkable book on affective neuroscience for educators, Immordino-Yang provides us with new lenses for understanding how emotion shapes learning." KURT W. FISCHER, PhD, Charles Warland Bigelow Professor and Director of the Mind, Brain, & Education Program, Harvard Graduate School.