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Kathleen Taylor
Presentation
Move Over, Descartes! Neuroscience Says You’re Wrong.
Adult Education Research Conference
  • Kathleen Taylor, Saint Mary's College of California
  • Catherine Marienau, DePaul University
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Abstract

Recent discoveries in neuroscience—“we feel, therefore we learn”—contradict Descartes’ rejection of the body’s role in thinking. This presentation examines implications for adult learning.

Keywords
  • neuroscience and adult learning,
  • embodied learning,
  • emotion and learning,
  • analogical learning
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Citation Information
Kathleen Taylor and Catherine Marienau. "Move Over, Descartes! Neuroscience Says You’re Wrong." (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kathleen-taylor/66/