Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience – An Introduction, 4e

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 developmentNew 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 functionIncludes a new chapter on educational neuroscience, featuring the latest findings on the application of cognitive neuroscience methods in school-age educational contextsIncludes a variety of student-friendly features such as chapter-end discussion, practical applications of basic research, and material on recent technological breakthroughs