Mark H. Mark Henry Johnson Livres

This is a thoroughly revised edition of the classic introductory text that christened the rapidly expanding field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. Changes include: a four-colour plate section of brain scans and images; a new chapter on objects and number; updates to the chapter on building a brain, to cover activity-dependent neural development, changes in adolescence, and more; new emphasis on developmental disorders; extensive revisions to the chapter on integrating developmental cognitive neuroscience to focus on a new framework for understanding human functional brain development – ‘interactive specialization’; pointers to further reading are provided throughout the text This book is also supported by an accompanying website featuring password protected exam questions, downloadable figures and tables and links to related books and information sites - including Mark Johnson's lab website. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/dcn for more details.

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 4th Edition , is a revised and updated edition of the landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behaviour during infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Offers a comprehensive introduction to all issues relating to the nature of brain-behaviour relationships and development New or greatly expanded coverage of topics such as epigenetics and gene expression, cell migration and stem cells, sleep and learning/memory, socioeconomic status and development of prefrontal cortex function Includes a new chapter on educational neuroscience, featuring the latest findings on the application of cognitive neuroscience methods in school-age educational contexts Includes a variety of student-friendly features such as chapter-end discussion, practical applications of basic research, and material on recent technological breakthroughs