Brain Development and Cognition: A Reader - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0631217371 ISBN 13: 9780631217374

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

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The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now updated in order to keep up with this fast moving field, the volume includes new readings illustrating recent developments along with updated versions of previous contributions.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mark H. Johnson is Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College, University of London, and an MRC Senior Research Scientist. He has published over one hundred scholarly articles and four books on brain and cognitive development, including Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: An Introduction (1997). He is also on the editorial board of several developmental journals and book series.

Yuko Munakata is currently an Assistant Professor in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Denver. Her interests include memory development, dissociations in behavior during development and following brain damage, and neural network models of cognitive development.

Rick O. Gilmore is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the development of spatial perception and memory in infancy and their relationship to brain development.

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The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now updated in order to keep up with this fast moving field, the volume includes new readings illustrating recent developments along with updated versions of previous contributions. These revisions ensure that the collection will remain a crucial resource for anyone teaching developmental cognitive neuroscience or cognitive development.

The Reader is broad-ranging, covering every aspect of developmental cognitive neuroscience. New pieces for the second edition include writing on individual development and evolution, on the structural and functional development of the brain and on object recognition and sensitive periods, whilst articles updated include those on the neurobiology of cognitive and language processing and self-organization in developmental processes.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0631217371
• ISBN 13: 9780631217374
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 559
• Redattore: Johnson Mark H., Munakata Yuko, Gilmore Rick O.
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile