This works examines the contribution of the neuroscientific research in the cognitive transfer for the development of transversal capacities allowing a holistic education in the knowledge society. In the first part we introduce the rela¬tionship between Cognitive Neurosciences and educational research by highlighting the pedagogical needs of a complete multidisciplinary close examination in the human development. The second paragraph gives a review of the main stages of the neuroscientific studies on memory, cognition and emotions with particular reference to the research by Antonio Damasio for a re-reading of the dynamics of the teaching- learning process. Then, the emphasis moves to the consequences of the neurosci¬entific research on cor...