Cognition and brain development : converging evidence from various methodologies /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, c2013. |
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| Description: | xiii, 328 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Human brain development series APA human brain development series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9041806 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I. Development of Attention and Control
- Chapter 1. Development of Selection and Control
- Chapter 2. The Nature and Nurture of Executive Attention Development
- Chapter 3. Development of Attention Networks
- Chapter 4. Development of Task-Switching Skills
- II. Developmental Disorders: ADHD and Autism
- Chapter 5. Role of Dopamine in the Pathophysiology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Chapter 6. The Dopamine Hypothesis of ADHD and Brain Response to Stimulant Medication
- Chapter 7. Exploring Prerequisite Learning Skills in Young Children and Their Implications for Identification of and Intervention for Autistic Behavior
- III. Origin of Self, Culture, and Social Cognition
- Chapter 8. Self-Consciousness and the Origins of an Ethical Stance
- Chapter 9. Learning to Share: The Emergence of Joint Attention in Human Infancy
- Chapter 10. Culture and Cognitive Development: The Development of Geocentric Language and Cognition
- Chapter 11. Cultural Differences in Cognitive Styles
- IV. Language and Reading Development
- Chapter 12. Children's Reading Development: Learning About Sounds, Symbols, and Cross-Modal Mappings
- Chapter 13. Young Children's Use of Color Information During Language-Vision Mapping
- Chapter 14. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Language in Patients With Epilepsy
- Index
- About the Editor
