Mark H. Johnson & Michelle D. H. de Haan 
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience [PDF ebook] 
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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

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Table of Content

List of Figures viii
List of Tables xi
Preface to the First Edition xii
Preface to the Fourth Edition xiv
Acknowledgements xv
Abbreviations xix
About the Companion Website xxi
1 The Biology of Change 1
2 Methods and Populations 17
3 From Gene to Brain 32
4 Building a Brain 43
5 Vision, Orienting, and Attention 83
6 Perceiving and Acting in a World of Objects 110
7 Perceiving and Acting in the Social World 121
8 Learning and Long-Term Memory 153
9 Language 166
10 Prefrontal Cortex, Working Memory, and Decision-Making 183
11 Cerebral Lateralization 197
12 Educational Neuroscience 205
13 Interactive Specialization 221
14 Toward an Integrated Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 240
References 251
Index 300

About the author

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.

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