Cognition and Emotion: The Challenges of Learning between Cognitive and Affective Processes
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102). This special issue belongs to the section "Education and Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 10654
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cognition; learning; neuropsychology; affective processes; psychometrics
Interests: learning; cognitive functioning; emotion; face-to-face vs. online learning; psychometrics
Interests: learning; cognitive functioning; affective processes; motivation; soft skills
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Learning is one of the most important challenges in the field of Education Sciences. When a person learns—whether it is a notion, a behavior, or a point of view—a plurality of cognitive and emotional processes is involved.
There is a long tradition of studies that have explored learning from a purely cognitive perspective, highlighting its relationships with constructs such as intelligence, attention, metacognition, and memory. However, affective and emotional processes deserve to be valued equally, including emotional intelligence, motivational aspects, affective experiences related to study and assessment, and soft skills that support learning in various contexts.
This Special Issue aims to gather outstanding and original quantitative and qualitative research that explores the challenges of learning, ranging from emotional to cognitive aspects, also including—when appropriate—methodological, psychometric, and neuropsychological features.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Cognitive and emotional intelligence;
- Anxiety and learning;
- Psychometrics and holistic evaluation of learning;
- Acceptance, usability, and impact of new technologies for effective learning;
- Metacognition and affective processes in educational contexts;
- Emotional processes and teaching challenges;
- Soft skills;
- Motivation and learning;
- Methodology of research related to the multi-faceted aspects of learning;
- Special needs between cognition and affection;
- Cognitive and affective neuropsychology of learning.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sabrina Castellano
Guest Editor
Simone Varrasi
Giuseppe Alessio Platania
Claudia Savia Guerrera
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- learning
- cognition
- emotion
- motivation
- soft skills
- emotional intelligence
- anxiety
- education
- psychometrics
- methodology