The Interview conducted by researcher Joana Rato to Professor Alexandre Castro Caldas. Both belong to the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health of the Portuguese Catholic University and develop the working group in Mind, Brain and Education, following the guidelines of the International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES). With several publications together and the same interest in the dissemina...
The learning styles theory is spread across the education field, despite previous research, especially from cognitive neuroscience, that concluded the lack of empirical support in its use in teaching. In this study, we used a survey to analyse the perception of learning styles in different professionals working in the Portuguese educational system. We recruited 136 participants, between the ages of 22 and 68 ye...
Mente, cérebro e educação (também designado por neurociência educacional ou neuroeducação) trata-se de um novo campo científico que tem suscitado um interesse crescente por parte de profissionais de educação, psicólogos e neurocientistas. O estudo da aprendizagem une inevitavelmente a investigação neurocientífica às práticas educativas, mas de acordo com a literatura recente, ainda são inúmeros os problemas que...