Processes of Change in Brain and Cognitive Development: Attention and Performance XXI (Attention & Performance) [Hardcover]

Yuko Munakata (Editor), Mark Johnson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198568746 | ISBN-13: 978-0198568742 | Publication Date: June 1, 2006 | Edition: 1

In recent years there has been a shift within developmental psychology away from examining the cognitive systems at different ages, to trying to understand exactly what are the mechanisms that generate change. What kind of learning mechanisms and representational changes drive cognitive development? How can the imaging techniques available help us to understand these mechanisms? This new volume in the highy cited and critically acclaimed Attention and Performance series is the first to provide a systematic investigation into the processes of change in mental development. It brings together world class scientists to address brain and cognitive development at several different levels, including phylogeny, genetics, neurophysiology, brain imaging, behavior, and computational modeling, across both typically and atypically developing populations. Presenting original new research from the frontiers of cognitive neuroscience, this book will have a substantial impact in this field, as well as on developmental psychology and developmental neuroscience.

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About the Author

Yuko Munakata is at Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Mark Johnson is at Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 688 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198568746
• ISBN-13: 978-0198568742
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,046,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)