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April 2001
8 1/2 x 11, 701 pp., 261 illus., 27 color
(CLOTH)
Short

ISBN-10:
0-262-14073-X
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-14073-7

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Bradford Books
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Edited by Charles A. Nelson and Monica Luciana

Foreword
John T. Bruer
ix
Introductionxi
IFundamentals of Developmental Neurobiology1
1Neocortical Neuronogenesis: Regulation, Control Points, and a Strategy of Structural Variation
T. Takahashi, Richard S. Nowakowski and Verne S. Caviness Jr.
3
2Synaptogenesis in the Neocortex of the Newborn: The Ultimate Frontier for Individuation?
J.-P. Bourgeois
23
3Myelination in the Developing Human Brain
Ricardo C. Sampaio and Charles L. Truwit
35
4Morphological Changes of the Human Hippocampal Formation from Midgestation to Early Childhood
Laszló Seress
45
5Effects of Sex Hormones on Brain Development
Judy L. Cameron
59
6The Development of Prefrontal Cortex: The Maturation of Neurotransmitter Systems and Their Interactions
Francine M. Benes
79
7Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampal Formation
Patima Tanapat, Nicholas B. Hastings and Elizabeth Gould
93
IIMethodological Paradigms107
8Inferences about the Functional Development of Neural Systems in Children via the Application of Animal Tests of Cognition
William H. Overman and Jocelyne Bachevalier
109
9The Use of Event-Related Potentials in the Study of Cognitive Development
Charles A. Nelson and Christopher S. Monk
125
10Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to the Study of Development
B. J. Casey, Kathleen M. Thomas and Bruce D. McCandliss
137
11Genetic Methods
Bruce F. Pennington
149
12Neural Network Models of Cognitive Development
Yuko Munakata and Jennifer Merva Stedron
159
IIINeural Plasticity of Development173
13Early Brain Injury, Plasticity, and Behavior
Bryan Kolb and Robbin Gibb
175
14Neural Plasticity and Development
Thomas Elbert, Sabine Heim and Brigitte Rockstroh
191
IVSensory and Sensorimotor Systems203
15Development, Plasticity, and Learning in the Auditory System205
16Brain–Behavior Relationships in Early Visual Development221
17Visual Acuity and Spatial Contrast Sensitivity: Normal Development and Underlying Mechanisms
Daphne Maurer and Terri L. Lewis
237
18Stability and Flexibility in the Acquisition of Skilled Movement
Melissa W. Clearfield and Esther Thelen
253
VLanguage267
19Speech and Language Processing in Infancy: A Neurocognitive Approach
Janet F. Werker and Athena Vouloumanos
269
20Language and Development in Children with Unilateral Brain Injury
Elizabeth Bates and Katherine Roe
281
21Experience-Dependent Plasticity and the Treatment of Children with Specific Language Impairment or Dyslexia
Gail C. Bedi
309
VICognition319
22Attention in Young Infants: A Developmental Psychophysiological Perspective321
23The Functional Development and Integration of the Dorsal and Ventral Visual Pathways: A Neurocomputational Approach
Mark H. Johnson, Denis Mareschal and Gergely Csibra
339
24Mechanism and Variation in the Development of Attentional Networks
Mary K. Rothbart and Michael I. Posner
353
25Neural Bases of Memory Development: Insights from Neuropsychological Studies in Primates
Jocelyne Bachevalier
365
26The Neuropsychology of Face Processing during Infancy and Childhood
Michelle de Haan
381
27Spatial Cognitive Development
Joan Stiles
399
28Bridging the Gap between Cognition and Developmental Neuroscience: The Example of Number Representation
Susan Carey
415
29A Model System for Studying the Role of Dopamine in the Prefrontal Cortex during Early Development in Humans: Early and Continuously Treated Phenylketonuria
Adele Diamond
433
30Age-Related Changes in Working Memory and Frontal Lobe Function: A Review
Monica Fabiani and Emily Wee
473
VIINeurodevelopmental Aspects of Clinical Disorders489
31The Role of Nutrition in Cognitive Development
Michael K. Georgieff and Raghavendra Rao
491
32Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Effects of Prenatal Alcohol: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Implications
Ann P. Streissguth and Paul D. Connor
505
33The Effects of Cocaine on the Developing Nervous System
Gregg D. Stanwood and Pat Levitt
519
34Advances in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Autism
Sally Ozonoff
537
35Tics: When Habit-Forming Neural Systems Form Habits of Their Own
James F. Leckman, Bradley S. Peterson, Robert T. Schultz and Donald J. Cohen
549
36Developmental Disorders of Attention
Canan Karatekin
561
37The Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia and Its Relationship to the Neurodevelopmental Model
Brita Elvevag, Brita Elvevag and Daniel R. Weinberger
577
VIIIEmotion and Cognition Interactions597
38Toward a Neurobiology of Attachment
Myron A. Hofer and Regina M. Sullivan
599
39Effects of Early Deprivation: Findings from Orphanage-Reared Infants and Children
M. R. Gunnar
617
40The Biology of Temperament: An Integrative Approach
Nathan A. Fox, Heather A. Henderson and Peter J. Marshall
631
41Dopamine-Opiate Modulations of Reward-Seeking Behavior: Implications for the Functional Assessment of Prefrontal Development
Monica Luciana
647
Contributors663
Index665
 
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