Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience – An Introduction, 4e

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 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