MAKING COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATIONALLY RELEVANT - CREATING BIDIRECTIONAL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL-PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Not only should educational psychologists keep abreast of developments in the rapidly evolving field of brain science, but also they should contribute their knowledge of higher cognitive functioning and instruc tional interventions to this field. Linking imaging studies with instr uctional studies may shed light on causal mechanisms in brain function . The importance and challenges of studying the brain at different lev els of analysis are discussed and illustrated with examples from the r eading literature and the deafness literature.