Recent research about the learning of science has suggested that misconceptions are not
replaced by scientific conceptions and extinguished once conceptual change has occurred …

This article presents a critical and systematic review of the science education research
literature that explores the response of learners to contradicting information (anomalous …

A central challenge in develo** conceptual understanding in science is overcoming naive
ideas that contradict the content of science curricula. Neuroimaging studies reveal that high …

Using mental chronometry and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 17 pre-
university and university professors were tested with a cognitive task that required distinction …

People who hold scientific explanations for natural phenomena also hold folk explanations,
and the two types of explanations compete under some circumstances. Here, we explore the …

Abstract Mathematics and science are highly integrated disciplines, but the brain association
between mathematics and science remains unclear. The current study used functional …

Scientific ideas can be difficult to access if they contradict earlier-developed intuitive
theories; counterintuitive scientific statements like “bubbles have weight” are verified more …

Abstract Reasoning about counterintuitive concepts in science and math is thought to
require suppressing naive theories, prior knowledge, or misleading perceptual cues through …

Various studies in science education have concluded that successful science learning
sometimes consists in students having two or more incompatible representations regarding …

Names: Bélanger, Michel, editor. Title: Multidisciplinary perspectives on representational
pluralism in human cognition: tracing points of convergence in psychology, science …