Biosocial spaces and neurocomputational governance

Brain-Based and Brain-Targeted Technologies in Education

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ID2920143
AutoresBonny Williamson (0000-0001-9356-3213, University of Stirling, autor correspondente), Ben Williamson, Martyn Pickersgill (0000-0001-9807-9148), Jessica Pykett (0000-0002-0036-9639, University of Birmingham), Selena Nemorin (0000-0002-8668-8859, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Ano2018
Volume39
Fascículo2
Páginas258-275
Data de publicação2018-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2018.1394421
OpenAlexW2725956666
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas44

Recently, technologies based on neuroscientific insights into brain function and structure have been promoted for application in education. The novel practices and environments produced by these technologies require new forms of ‘biosocial’ analysis to unpack their implications for education, learning and governance. This article provides an original analysis of current ‘brain-based’ R&D by the edu-business Pearson to apply artificial intelligence in education, and by the computing company IBM to develop cognitive systems for learning. These forms of neurocomputation are examined as technologies designed to function according to neuroscientific understandings of the brain, and to impress themselves on the cerebral lives of learners. The brain-based educational technologies proposed by Pearson and IBM are intended to optimize human cognition as a technique of human capital development in order to enhance the performance of education systems to secure a comparative advantage in a globalizing policy space, exemplifying new forms of neurocomputational governance and capital

Biosocial theory · Business · Cognition · Cognitive science · Corporate governance · Emerging technologies · Engineering ethics · Human capital · IBM · Knowledge management · Personality · Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design · Computer Science · Engineering · Neuroscience · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence