Neurocognitive and Behavioral Innovations for Inclusive Learning
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Cognition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroscience; computational neuroscience; behavior; cognition
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Interests: statistics; neuroscience; behavior
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites empirical and theoretical contributions at the intersection of inclusive education and the cognitive-behavioral sciences. We seek studies illuminating the neural, psychophysiological, and behavioral mechanisms underlying the successful inclusion of children with diverse developmental profiles. Topics of interest include:
- Parental involvement as a modulator of stress responses, executive-function development, and parent–child attachment in inclusive classrooms;
- Neurocognitive profiling and intervention outcomes for preschool “shadow teachers” (e.g., EEG/ERP markers of social attention);
- Artificial‐intelligence or intelligent-tutoring systems evaluated for their impact on learner motivation, cognitive load, self-regulation, and academic resilience;
- Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural investigations of bilingualism, resultative constructions, and their roles in social cognition and theory of mind.
By weaving together methods from experimental psychology, social neuroscience, and psychobiology, this issue will chart best practices for evidence-based, brain-informed, inclusive pedagogy. Submissions employing rigorous behavioral or neurocognitive measures, with full methodological transparency, are especially welcome.
Dr. Rodrigo Pena
Prof. Dr. Ricardo F. Ferreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- neurocognitive development
- inclusive education
- social neuroscience
- executive functions
- parental involvement
- intelligent tutoring systems
- cognitive load
- bilingualism
- psychophysiological measures
- self-regulation
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