Nelson, Charles A.,  III <br/><br/>
Neuroscience of cognitive development :  the role of experience and the developing brain / 
Charles A. Nelson, Michelle de Haan, Kathleen M. Thomas. 
 - viii, 215 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-204) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "Academic psychologists in every subfield are going through what Charles Nelson calls "the brain craze." As technology has made imaging of the brain relatively easy, noninvasive, and inexpensive, every psychologist is using pictures of the brain to show biological connections to feelings and behavior. This book explains how brain imaging sheds light on how the brain develops both normally and abnormally.;"--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471745863 9780471745860 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005021552 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cognitive neuroscience.<br/>Developmental psychology.<br/>Experience<br/>Cognition--Physiology.<br/>Brain--Growth<br/>Child development--Physiology.<br/>Adolescent Development--physiology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP360.5  / .N45 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>612.8233