| Description |
xx, 412 pages 2 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The role of neuroscience in historical and contemporary theories of human development / Sidney J. Segalowitz -- Some ways in which neuroscientific research can be relevant to education / James P. Byrnes -- The structural development of the human brain as measured longitudinally with magnetic resonance imaging / Rhoshel K. Lenroot and Jay N. Giedd -- Dynamic development of hemispheric biases in three cases : cognitive/hemispheric cycles, music, and hemispherectomy / Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Kurt W. Fischer -- The social brain in infancy : a developmental cognitive neuroscience approach / Mark H. Johnson -- Recognition memory : brain-behavior relations from 0 to 3 / Sara Jane Webb -- Experience and developmental changes in the organization of language-relevant brain activity / Debra L. Mills and Elizabeth A. Sheehan -- Temperament and biology / Jerome Kagan and Nancy Snidman -- Frontal lobe development during infancy and childhood : contributions of brain electrical activity, temperament, and language to individual differences in working memory and inhibitory control / Martha Ann Bell, Christy D. Wolfe, and Denise R. Adkins -- Brain bases of learning and development of language and reading / James R. Booth -- Development of verbal working memory / Gal Ben-Yehudah and Julie A. Fiez -- Emotion processing and the developing brain / Alison B. Wismer Fries and Seth D. Pollak -- Brain development and adolescent behavior / Linda Patia Spear |
| Summary |
"This state-of-the-science volume examines the relationships between brain development and behavior in typically developing children. The contributors are leading authorities who integrate theories and methods from multiple disciplines, emphasizing what research reveals about ways to support all children's learning and healthy development." "This book is essential reading for a broad audience of developmental and cognitive neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, developmental and clinical psychologists, educators, and psychiatrists. It will serve as a highly informative text in graduate-level courses."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-396) and index |
| Subject |
Cognitive neuroscience.
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Behavior -- physiology.
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Adolescent.
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Brain -- growth & development.
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Child.
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Infant.
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Learning -- physiology.
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Psychophysiology.
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| Author |
Coch, Donna.
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Fischer, Kurt W.
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Dawson, Geraldine.
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| LC no. |
2007004332 |
| ISBN |
9781593851361 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1593851367 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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