The Midwest Research to Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education is a two day meeting held each fall at a major university in the Midwest United States
Rarely if ever are the boundaries of any scholarly body of knowledge or theory integrated
in an inter-disciplinary collaboration, yet there are arguably some situations where just such a
symbiotic relationship is quite compelling. One such example was recognized in the remarkable
similarities that exist between complex high-tech design and the logical function and design of
the human brain. An even better example exists involving the processes of learning and the
potential implication for collaboration between neuroscience and adult education.