Neuropsychology is an extension of neuroscience. It is the field of study that relates human behavior to the human brain. Neuropsychology and neuroscience will have a greater impact on child development and education than information technology (IT), artificial intelligence (AI), the wheel, and fire have all had and will increasingly continue to have combined. The reason is quite simple and common sense to those who have even a passing interest in how our brains work. We are approaching the ability to mold and shape a child’s brain to accept the behavioral standards and values of any society, culture, or political persuasion it is exposed to. Raising a child and educating all children will follow in kind. The brain doesn’t care. It does not discriminate starting the first day after birth. As children grow and are surrounded by the world they are raised in, love and understanding can become as acceptable as hate and prejudice. Terrorism can become as acceptable as pacifism.
What this means is that such knowledge can be used to our benefit or our detriment. This has been the concern of the National Institute of Health- Brain Initiative, UNESCO, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the International Centre for Neuroscience and Ethics, among many others.
That is why Mohonk was incorporated as the first of its kind in the United States. It also gave rise to our mission statements that point us towards a bright and beneficial future.