Continuing Education for Psychologists

DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, 4th edition
An Introduction

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 development.

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

Mark Johnson, a British cognitive neuroscientist, is head of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London. Michelle de Haan is a Senior Lecturer at the University College London Institute of Child Health and Honorary Neuropsychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.

"Johnson and de Haan continue to provide an excellent overview of a vast and fast moving field. The new method for imaging the human brain while at rest provides support for the interactive specialization framework that organizes the research reported in this new edition."
--Michael Posner, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon

"Johnson and de Haan have done an incredible service to the field with this important book. It"s a must for experts and students alike. It is extremely thorough and well-written, covering an interdisciplinary field in a way that is both informative and exciting."
--Dima Amso, Associate Professor, Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University

"A tour de force for those interested in the intersection of brain and cognitive development; beautifully written, thoroughly researched and highly accessible. This landmark book should be required reading for anyone interested in the intersection of brain, development and cognition."
--Charles A. Nelson III, Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Boston Children"s Hospital