Neuroscience of cognitive development
Subtitle: the role of experience and the developing brain
By: by Charles A. Nelson, Michelle de Haan, Kathleen M. Thomas.
Contributors: De Haan, Michelle, 1969-; Thomas, Kathleen M., 1970-
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780471745860
Subjects: Cognitive neuroscience; Developmental psychology; Experience; Cognition -- physiology; Brain -- growth & development; Child Development -- physiology; Adolescent Development -- physiology
Description: "This book provides a state-of-the-art understanding of the neural bases of cognitive development. Although the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience is still in its infancy, the authors effectively demonstrate that our understanding of cognitive development is and will be vastly improved as the mechanisms underlying development are elucidated." "From cognitive and developmental psychologists, as well as students in developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive development, the authors' view of behavioral development from the perspective of neuroscience sheds new light on the mechanisms that underlie how the brain functions and how a child learns and behaves."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Why should developmental psychologists be interested in the brain?; title: How does the brain develop?; title: How does experience affect brain development and brain function?; title: Studying the relation between brain and cognitive development : the methods of developmental cognitive neuroscience; title: The development of speech and language; title: The development of declarative (or explcit) memory; title: The development of non-declarative (or implicit) learning and memory; title: The development of spatial cognition; title: The development of object recognition; title: The development of social cognition; title: The development of higher cognitive (executive) functions; title: The development of attention; title: The future of developmental cognitive neuroscience.