Hektoen International

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Tag: Neurophobia or neuroavoidance: a student or educator issue?

  • Neurophobia or neuroavoidance: a student or educator issue?

    Kelsey AndrewsJack Riggs Morgantown, West Virginia, United States “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”– Albert Einstein   Jozefowicz introduced a new term in neurology education literature in 1994, defining “neurophobia” as “a fear of the neurosciences and clinical neurology that is due to the student’s inability…