Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behavior during infancy, childhood, and adolescence Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience provides an accessible introduction to the main methods, theories, and empirical findings within developmental cognitive neuroscience in typical development from prenatal to early adulthood, focusing on human development but including other comparative work that highlights relevant processes. This new edition also covers research in neurodiverse populations, educational applications, and global health, along with major advancements in methods and analysis, with increasing longitudinal research focusing on understanding the mechanisms of development across the prenatal to early adulthood period. The text features a variety of student-friendly features such as chapter-end discussion, applications of basic research, and material on recent technological breakthroughs. An accompanying related resources website for students that includes a test bank of multiple choice questions is also included. The new edition also contains a new chapter on global and cross cultural perspectives outlining how developmental cognitive neuroscience has been applied in different settings and how to adapt techniques. Other sample topics covered in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience include: - Biology of change, methods and populations, from gene to brain, building a brain, and vision, orienting, and attention - Perceiving and acting in a world of objects, learning from long-term memory, language, and prefrontal cortex, working memory, and decision-making - Perceiving and acting in the social world, educational neuroscience, interactive specialization, and integrating development cognitive neuroscience - Mid-childhood and adolescent development, social cognition and neuroimaging, and broader cognitive neuroscience approaches and theory With expansive yet accessible coverage of the subject, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is an ideal resource for upper level undergraduate and early postgraduate readers. The text will further appeal to professionals in fields that have adapted DCN approaches, such as education, clinical psychology, and global health. "Our knowledge of both typical and atypical human brain development has expanded exponentially over the past decade. For those looking for a single resource regarding recent advances in developmental cognitive neuroscience, look no further. In the 5 th edition of this bestselling book, one finds a highly authoritative, readable and comprehensive treatise on the intersection of brain and behavioral development. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the neural bases of human development." - Charles A. Nelson III, Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School &Professor of Education Harvard University, USA "I am very impressed by this book, it is a must-read for anyone wanting to know about developmental cognitive neuroscience; the authors are world-leading authorities in this field. Absolutely highly recommended!" - Eveline Crone Professor of Developmental Neuroscience in Society, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor in Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands "This significant work allows an unprecedented lens into the pivotal constellations of the developing brain and sets the benchmark for how we approach a new era in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. This timely 5th edition reveals the magnificent labyrinth underlying early neurodevelopment from the capturing of tiny changes in the electrical activity of infant brains to the forging of new scientific fields. In particular, the field of educational neuroscience is a promising portal for translation of new scientific findings and methodologies and their implementation in the classroom and beyond." - Kim Cornish Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor & Director, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Australia