Neuroscience in learning management process: professional training in psychology

Abstract

The human learning process has been a relevant subject and approach for neuroscientists to understand the factors of this process. In this research, emotions were identified as one of the determining factors. This work aims to analyze the importance of neuroscience within the learning process and its relationship with the training of psychologists. The methodology used was descriptive documentary analysis of the book “Mente, cérebro e educação” by Joana Rato (2023) through a document description, recording of the material and analysis of the information contained in the textual discourse. Based on the analysis of guiding documents on the training of psychologists, this article verified the association of demands on psychologists’ training. The results point that psychology professionals need to understand the physiological demands of learning in association with attention, memory, and perception issues.