title: Educational impacts of the social and emotional brain.
abstract: Advances in neuroscience related to social and emotional development have significant implications for educational practice. The human brain cannot fully dissociate cognitive from emotional events, and therefore educational programming that recognizes the importance of social-emotional development also facilitates academic achievement. The ideal learning environment encourages the development of social-emotional and academic neuronal pathways. Taking advantage of the emerging understanding of the developing brain offers opportunities to facilitate greater academic gains.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychiatry, 1601 23rd Avenue South, #3068C, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. Electronic address: meg.benningfield@Vanderbilt.Edu.
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Benningfield
authors.affiliation: McLean Psychiatric Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Mona P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Child Psychiatry, Yawkey 6, 55 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114-3139, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Bostic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: Cognitive; Education; Emotional; Neuroscience; Students