Learning Complex Cognitive Skills: Bridging Neuroscience and Education through Individual Differences Research
Abstract
The current proposal aims to investigate the neurocognitive basis of individual differences in complex skill acquisition, with the g"oal of bridging basic neuroscientific research with applications for screening and training military personnel. Vast individual diff"erences exist in the ability to acquire new information and to master complex skill sets, and such differences must be rooted in var""ying information-processing capacities of individual brains. Thus, leveraging the field of cognitive neuroscience to understand the" nature of individual differences in learning allows one to move beyond characterizing ability at the behavioral level toward a more complete understanding of why an individual performs at the level he or she does. Such an understanding is critical for informing e"ducation and remediation attempts. Importantly, the availability of affordable, consumer-grade neuroimaging technology allows for th""e possibility of augmenting behavioral screening, placement, and assessment tools with the addition of accessible measures of neural"" functioning. To extend our previous research to the level that such applications are possible, the current proposal employs neurosc""ientific, behavioral, and computational modeling methods in converging explorations of alternate explanations of our observed result"s linking patterns of neural functioning to individual differences in complex skill acquisition.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712607
Entities
People
- Chantel Spring Prat
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Washington