Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Mark H. Johnson is Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. He is the author of more than 300 papers, has written or edited ten books, is an elected Fellow of several academic societies, and is a former editor-in-chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Journal of Developmental Science.Michelle de Haan is Reader in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Institute of Child Health at University College London, UK, and Honorary Principal Neuropsychologist for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.

• List of Figures viiiList of Tables xiPreface to the First Edition xiiPreface to the Fourth Edition xivAcknowledgements xvAbbreviations xixAbout the Companion Website xxi1 The Biology of Change 12 Methods and Populations 173 From Gene to Brain 324 Building a Brain 435 Vision, Orienting, and Attention 836 Perceiving and Acting in a World of Objects 1107 Perceiving and Acting in the Social World 1218 Learning and Long-Term Memory 1539 Language 16610 Prefrontal Cortex, Working Memory, and Decision-Making 18311 Cerebral Lateralization 19712 Educational Neuroscience 20513 Interactive Specialization 22114 Toward an Integrated Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 240References 251Index 300

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