| Description |
xiv, 544 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Critique of the Modern Ethologists' Attitude / Konrad Lorenz -- 2. The Problem of Change / Susan Oyama -- 3. The Epigenetic System and the Development of Cognitive Functions / Jean Piaget -- 4. From Gene to Organism: The Developing Individual as an Emergent, Interactional, Hierarchical System / Gilbert Gottlieb -- 5. General Principles of CNS Development / Richard S. Nowakowski and Nancy L. Hayes -- 6. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants of Neocortical Parcellation: A Radial Unit Model / Pasko Rakic -- 7. Positron Emission Tomography Study of Human Brain Functional Development / Harry T. Chugani, Michael E. Phelps and John C. Mazziotta -- 8. Morphometric Study of Human Cerebral Cortex Development / Peter R. Huttenlocher -- 9. The Development of Visual Attention: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective / Mark H. Johnson -- 10. The Ontogeny of Human Memory: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective / Charles A. Nelson -- 11. Experience and Brain Development / William T. Greenough, James E. Black and Christopher S. Wallace -- 12. Do Cortical Areas Emerge from a Protocortex? / Dennis D. M. O'Leary -- 13. Emergence of Order in Visual System Development / Carla J. Shatz -- 14. Specificity and Plasticity in Neurocognitive Development in Humans / Helen J. Neville and Daphne Bavelier -- 15. Linguistic and Spatial Cognitive Development in Children with Pre- and Perinatal Focal Brain Injury: A Ten-Year Overview from the Sand Diego Longitudinal Project / Joan Stiles, Elizabeth A. Bates and Donna Thal / [et al.] -- 16. Cortical Plasticity Underlying Perceptual, Motor, and Cognitive Skill Development: Implications for Neurorehabilitation / Michael M. Merzenich, Beverly A. Wright and William Jenkins / [et al.] -- 17. The Instinct to Learn / Peter Marler -- 18. Self-organization in Developmental Processes: Can Systems Approaches Work? / Esther Thelen -- 19. Development Itself is the Key to Understanding Developmental Disorders / Annette Karmiloff-Smith -- 20. Object Recognition and Sensitive Periods: A Computational Analysis of Visual Imprinting / Randall C. O'Reilly and Mark H. Johnson -- 21. Connectionism and the Study of Change / Elizabeth A. Bates and Jeffrey L. Elman -- 22. A Model System for Studying the Role of Dopamine in Prefrontal Cortex During Early Development in Humans / Adele Diamond -- 23. Genes and Brain: Individual Differences and Human Universals / Bruce F. Pennington |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online |
| Subject |
Cognitive neuroscience.
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Cognition in children.
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Brain -- Growth.
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Neuroplasticity.
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Neuronal Plasticity.
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Cognition -- physiology.
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Brain -- growth & development.
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| Author |
Johnson, Mark H. (Mark Henry), 1960-
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Munakata, Yuko.
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Gilmore, Rick O.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| LC no. |
2001052407 |
| ISBN |
0631217371 paperback |
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0631217363 cased |
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