Neuroscience of cognitive development:the role of experience and the developing brain

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nelson Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
Group Author: De Haan Michelle, 1969-; Thomas Kathleen M., 1970-
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: viii, 215 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0471745863 (cloth)
9780471745860 (cloth)
Index Number: R338
CLC: R338.6
B844
B842.1
Call Number: R338.6/N425
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-204) and index.
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.