Fundamentals of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

An exciting introduction to the development of the human brain and behavior from the prenatal period through infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in developmental psychology and neuroscience. In this textbook, Heather Bortfeld (UC Merced) and Silvia Bunge (UC Berkeley) provide a detailed synthesis of research findings and future directions in the field of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (DCN), highlighting how nature and nurture interact to shape developmental change through the dynamic processes of experience-dependent and experience-independent brain plasticity.

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Key Features

• Major topics (e.g., memory systems, attention, perception, social cognition, language learning, literacy, numeracy, and self-regulation)
• Learning objectives, review questions, and further reading recommendations in each chapter
• ‘Scientist spotlight’ interview boxes with leading scholars in the field
• Pedagogical tools (e.g., a test bank and instructor slides for each chapter)

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