Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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"Focuses on the development of brain and behaviour during infancy, childhood, and adolescence"-- 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 development. New 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 function. Includes a new chapter on educational neuroscience, featuring the latest findings on the application of cognitive neuroscience methods in school-age educational contexts. Includes a variety of student-friendly features such as chapter-end discussion, practical applications of basic research, and material on recent technological breakthroughs.--Publisher website.

subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology,  Developmental psychology,  Cognitive neuroscience,  Developmental neurobiology,  Developmental biology,  Neuropsychology,  Brain,  Physiology,  Cognition,  Human Development,  PSYCHOLOGY,  Cognitive Psychology,  Kognitive Entwicklung,  Neuropsychologie,  Kognitionswissenschaft,  Kind,  Neurobiologie