As this special issue went to press, the field of educational neuroscience lost one of its greatest visionaries – Dr. Helen Neville, Founding Director of the Brain Development Lab and Professor Emerita at the University of Oregon. Helen is widely recognized as one of the most influential and visionary cognitive neuroscientists of her time. Her pioneering work on the plasticity of the developing brain helped establish the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience, and her collaborative research with educators advanced the field of educational neuroscience. Her vast program of research cut across multiple levels of analysis. Helen employed both behavioral and neuroscience methodologies to study cerebral organization in infants, children, and adults, including individuals with different sensory and/or language experiences. She published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters on topics ranging from the neural systems recruited during sign language processing to the development of interventions for children living in poverty. Helen will be remembered by those who worked with her as an innovative risk-taker, fiercely committed to using critical, evidence-based thinking to address broader societal issues. Over the last 15 years of her career, Helen collaborated with local Head Start programs supporting families with preschool children living in poverty. Drawing on decades of basic research on the development of selective attention, she helped design and assess family-based programs to improve children’s developing attention skills. Her vision extended beyond small-scale research studies to include authentic education settings and cultural adaptations, both locally and internationally.

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海伦·琼·内维尔 1946 年 5 月 20 日 – 2018 年 10 月 12 日

随着这期特刊的出版，教育神经科学领域失去了一位最伟大的远见者——脑发育实验室创始主任、俄勒冈大学名誉教授 Helen Neville 博士。海伦被广泛认为是她那个时代最具影响力和远见的认知神经科学家之一。她在大脑发育可塑性方面的开创性工作帮助建立了发育认知神经科学领域，她与教育工作者的合作研究推动了教育神经科学领域的发展。她庞大的研究计划跨越了多个层次的分析。海伦采用行为和神经科学方法来研究婴儿、儿童和成人的大脑组织，包括具有不同感官和/或语言经验的个体。她发表了 150 多篇经过同行评审的科学文章和书籍章节，主题范围从手语处理过程中招募的神经系统到贫困儿童干预措施的制定。海伦将被那些与她共事的人铭记为一位创新的冒险者，她坚定地致力于使用批判性的、基于证据的思维来解决更广泛的社会问题。在她职业生涯的最后 15 年里，海伦与当地的启蒙计划合作，支持有学龄前儿童生活贫困的家庭。凭借数十年关于选择性注意力发展的基础研究，她帮助设计和评估了以家庭为基础的计划，以提高儿童发展中的注意力技能。