Neuroscience of cognitive development : the role of experience and the developing brain /
Nelson, Charles A.(Charles Alexander)
De Haan, Michelle,1969-
Thomas, Kathleen M.,1970-
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley,
c2006.
Introduction: why should developmental psychologists be interested in the brain? -- Brain development and neural plasticity -- Neural plasticity -- Methods of cognitive neuroscience -- The development of speech and language -- The development of declarative (or explicit) memory -- The development of nondeclarative (or implicit) memory -- The development of spatial cognition -- The development of object recognition -- The development of social cognition -- The development of higher cognitive (executive) functions -- The development of attention -- The future of developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-204) and index.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Developmental psychology.
Experience.