Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - Hardcover

Nelson, Charles A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026214073X ISBN 13: 9780262140737

Publisher: MIT Press, 2001

Synopsis

The publication of this handbook testifies to the rapid growth of developmental cognitive neuroscience as a distinct field. Brain imaging and recording technologies, along with well-defined behavioral tasks -- the essential methodological tools of cognitive neuroscience -- are now being used to study development. Whereas earlier methodologies allowed scientists to study only adult brains, recent technological advances have yielded methods that can be safely used to study structure-function relations and their development in children's brains. These new techniques combined with more refined cognitive models account for the progress and heightened activity in developmental cognitive neuroscience research.

The handbook contains forty-one original contributions exploring basic aspects of neural development, sensory and sensorimotor systems, language, cognition, and emotion. Aided by recent results in neurobiology establishing that the human brain remains malleable and plastic throughout much of the lifespan, the contributors also explore the implications of lifelong neural plasticity for brain and behavioral development.

About this title

About the Author

Charles A. Nelson is the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Child Psychology, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, and Monica Luciana is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Child Development, both at the University of Minnesota.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026214073X
• ISBN 13: 9780262140737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 776