Game-Based Learning in Education and Health Part B (Volume 279) (Progress in Brain Research, Volume 279)

Game-Based Learning in Education and Health, Part B, Volume 279 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on highly relevant topics including Evaluating the validity of game-based assessments measuring cognitive function among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Children grow upwards, and so does the number line: Evidence from a directional number line paradigm, and Tasting inhibition: A proof-of-concept study of the food stop-signal game.

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Flávia H. Santos, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience based at the Institute of Education, University College London. Her research investigates mathematical cognition and the factors involved in developmental processes, individual differences, and academic outcomes. Her lab has been funded by Research Ireland, the European Commission, and the Leverhulme Trust to develop evidence-based interventions that address real-world educational challenges, such as low mathematics achievement, developmental dyscalculia, and mathematics anxiety. Santos is affiliated with the UK Centre for Educational Neuroscience and contributes to UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab initiatives.