Neuroscience of Cognitive Development
Charles A. Nelson
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Description for Neuroscience of Cognitive Development
Hardcover. Academic psychologists in every subfield are going through what Charles Nelson calls "the brain craze. " As technology has made imaging of the brain relatively easy, noninvasive, and inexpensive, every psychologist is using pictures of the brain to show biological connections to feelings and behavior. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
A new understanding of cognitive development from the perspective of neuroscience
This book provides a state-of-the-art understanding of the neural bases of cognitive development. Although the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience is still in its infancy, the authors effectively demonstrate that our understanding of cognitive development is and will be vastly improved as the mechanisms underlying development are elucidated.
The authors begin by establishing the value of considering neuroscience in order to understand child development and then provide an overview of brain development. They include a critical discussion of experience-dependent changes in the brain. ... Read more
A new understanding of cognitive development from the perspective of neuroscience
This book provides a state-of-the-art understanding of the neural bases of cognitive development. Although the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience is still in its infancy, the authors effectively demonstrate that our understanding of cognitive development is and will be vastly improved as the mechanisms underlying development are elucidated.
The authors begin by establishing the value of considering neuroscience in order to understand child development and then provide an overview of brain development. They include a critical discussion of experience-dependent changes in the brain. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471745860
SKU
V9780471745860
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About Charles A. Nelson
CHARLES A. NELSON III, PhD, is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, holds the Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research at Children's Hospital Boston, and is the Director of Research in the Developmental Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Boston. His research is concerned with developmental cognitive neuroscience broadly defined, with specific interests in the effects of early ... Read more
Reviews for Neuroscience of Cognitive Development
"This book is a welcome addition to an already popular area of research and certainly deserves to become a project to be updated and re-released over the years." (PsycCritiques, April 25, 2007)