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Nelson, Charles A.

Neuroscience of cognitive development : the role of experience and the developing brain / Charles A. Nelson, Michelle de Haan, Kathleen M. Thomas. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006. - viii, 215 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-204) and index.

Introduction: why should developmental psychologists be interested in the brain? -- Brain development and neural plasticity -- Neural plasticity -- Methods of cognitive neuroscience -- The development of speech and language -- The development of declarative (or explicit) memory -- The development of nondeclarative (or implicit) memory -- The development of spatial cognition -- The development of object recognition -- The development of social cognition -- The development of higher cognitive (executive) functions -- The development of attention -- The future of developmental cognitive neuroscience.

ISBN: 9780471745860 (cloth) 0471745863 (cloth)

LCCN: 2005021552

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA619016 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101254524 DNLM 013391577 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cognitive neuroscience.
Developmental psychology.
Experience.
Cognition--physiology.
Adolescent Development--physiology.
Brain--growth & development.
Child Development--physiology.

LC Class. No.: QP360.5 / .N45 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 612.8/233

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WS 105.5.C7 / N425n 2006