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Much of our brain is dedicated to our complex social lives. An expert on both autism and dyslexia, her books include autism. This is an exciting, readable and compelling account of how the workings of the brain shape both formal and informal learning. With sarahjayne blakemore i wrote a book the learning brain, lessons for education, published 2005. A wellbalanced and informative study of what brain science can tell us about how and where learning takes place in the brain. Blakemore and frith, 2005 twentyfirst century classroom practice at all levels should be planned. See all books authored by uta frith, including autism. The rest of the book focuses on learning in there and it is possible to make astonishing new. Two heads are better than one and this blog is curated jointly by chris frith and uta frith.
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