In recent decades, neuroscience has made significant advances in studying the structure and function of the brain. It is now well established that everything we are, think, feel, learn, and express through our behavior and speech is an expression of the functioning of our brain in constant interaction with the other organs of the human body and, through the body, with everything that surrounds it, both from a physical and chemical perspective and from the perspective of the family, social, and cultural environment. For many neuroscientists, it is time for the knowledge accumulated in the scientific/research field about how humans learn, what factors facilitate or hinder the learning process, to enter the field of education, so that teaching practice can be based on the secure conclusions of neuroscience research on the brain. And this is the role that neuroeducation aspires to play.
In its 22 chapters, this book discusses the importance of emotion, excitement, and empathy, the catalytic function of curiosity, the mechanisms of attention, how the brain acquires knowledge and consolidates memory, the circadian rhythms, and many other parameters that decisively influence the process of learning and teaching. It is not a strict manual, but a programmatic text, a canvas on which the knowledge on which a new education can be based is summarized, which places the human being at its center as a biological and social entity.