This book provides new insights about learning by synthesising existing and emerging findings from cognitive and brain science and exploring how this new information might impact teaching, parenting, and educational policy making. It shows what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neurosciences actually reveal about how the brain develops and operates at different stages in life from birth to old age and how the brain is involved in acquiring skills such as reading and counting. It also presents scientific insights into what happens when the brain malfunctions in conditions such as dyslexia or Alzheimer's disease.     Table of contents in English        Executive Summary  Part I. The Learning Brain  Chapter 1. An "ABC" of the Brain  Chapter 2. How the Brain Learns throughout Life  Chapter 3. The Impact of Environment on the Learning Brain  Chapter 4. Literacy and the Brain  Chapter 5. Numeracy and the Brain  Chapter 6. Dispelling "Neuromyths"  Chapter 7. The Ethics and Organisation of Educational Neuroscience  Conclusions and Future Prospects  Part II. Collaborative Articles  Article A. The Brain, Development, and Learning in Early Childhood  Article B. The Brain and Learning in Adolescence  Article C. Brain, Cognition, and Learning in Adulthood  Annex A. Fora  Annex B. Brain Imaging Technologies  Glossary

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