Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - An Introduc tion, 5e

Landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behavior during infancy, childhood, and adolescenceDevelopmental 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 clinical/medical 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, partial 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, cerebral lateralization, educational neuroscience, interactive specialization, and integrating development cognitive neuroscience* Mid-childhood and adolescent development, social cognition and neuroimaging, and broader cognitive neuroscience approaches and theoryWith 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.