Educational neuroscience (or
neuroeducation, a component of
Mind Brain and Education) is an emerging
scientific field that brings together researchers in
cognitive neuroscience,
developmental cognitive neuroscience,
educational psychology,
educational technology,
education theory and other related disciplines to explore the interactions between biological processes and education. Researchers in educational neuroscience investigate the
neural mechanisms of
reading,
numerical cognition,
attention and their attendant difficulties including
dyslexia,
dyscalculia and
ADHD as they relate to
education. Researchers in this area may link basic findings in cognitive neuroscience with educational technology to help in
curriculum implementation for
mathematics education and
reading education. The aim of educational neuroscience is to generate
basic and
applied research that will provide a new transdisciplinary account of
learning and
teaching, which is capable of informing education. A major goal of educational neuroscience is to bridge the gap between the two fields through a direct dialogue between researchers and educators, avoiding the "middlemen of the brain-based learning industry". These middlemen have a vested commercial interest in the selling of "neuromyths" and their supposed remedies.