Young Mind In A Growing Brain
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: May 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780805853094
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Growth; Cognitive neuroscience; Psychology; Infant psychology; General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Child psychology; Developmental - General; Brain
Description: "A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience working on a brain that is undergoing significant biological maturation. Experience counts, but only when the brain has developed to the point of being able to process, encode, and interact with these new environmental experiences. This book's aim is to acquaint developmental biologists and neuroscientists with what has been learned about human psychological development and to acquaint developmental psychologists with the biological evidence. The hope is that each group will gain a richer appreciation of both knowledge corpora." "This book will appeal to neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and their students."--BOOK JACKET.