Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

An Introduction

AvMark H. Johnson,Michelle D. H. de Haan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated edition of the landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behaviour during infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Offers a comprehensive introduction to all issues relating to the nature of brain-behaviour relationships and developmentNew or greatly expanded coverage of topics such as epigenetics and gene expression, cell migration and stem cells, sleep and learning/memory, socioeconomic status and development of prefrontal cortex functionIncludes a new chapter on educational neuroscience, featuring the latest findings on the application of cognitive neuroscience methods in school-age educational contextsIncludes a variety of student-friendly features such as chapter-end discussion, practical applications of basic research, and material on recent technological breakthroughs

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-06-12
Mått:175 x 252 x 23 mm
Vikt:821 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Upplaga:4
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781118938072

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Mark H. Johnson is Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. He is the author of more than 300 papers, has written or edited ten books, is an elected Fellow of several academic societies, and is a former editor-in-chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Journal of Developmental Science.Michelle de Haan is Reader in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Institute of Child Health at University College London, UK, and Honorary Principal Neuropsychologist for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures viiiList of Tables xiPreface to the First Edition xiiPreface to the Fourth Edition xivAcknowledgements xvAbbreviations xixAbout the Companion Website xxi1 The Biology of Change 12 Methods and Populations 173 From Gene to Brain 324 Building a Brain 435 Vision, Orienting, and Attention 836 Perceiving and Acting in a World of Objects 1107 Perceiving and Acting in the Social World 1218 Learning and Long-Term Memory 1539 Language 16610 Prefrontal Cortex, Working Memory, and Decision-Making 18311 Cerebral Lateralization 19712 Educational Neuroscience 20513 Interactive Specialization 22114 Toward an Integrated Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 240References 251Index 300