Abstract
Although developmental psychology and developmental neuroscience share interests in common problems (e.g., the nature of thought, emotion, consciousness), there has been little cross-fertilization between these disciplines. To facilitate such communication, we discuss 2 major advances in the developmental brain sciences that have potentially profound implications for under standing behavioral development. The first concerns neuroimaging, and the second concerns the molecular and cellular events that give rise to the developing brain and the myriad ways in which the brain is modified by both positive and negative life experiences. Recurring themes are that (1) critical, new knowledge of behavioral development can be achieved by considering the neurobiological mechanisms that guide and influence child development, and (2) these neurobiological mechanisms are in turn influenced by behavior.
Keywords
PsychologyDevelopmental cognitive neuroscienceBrain developmentNeuroimagingConsciousnessNeuroscienceCognitive scienceChild developmentBehavioral neuroscienceFunctional neuroimagingDevelopmental psychologyCognitive psychology
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- 1997
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- 68
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 970-987
- Citations
- 205
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Charles A. Nelson,
Floyd E. Bloom
(1997).
Child Development and Neuroscience.
Child Development
, 68
(5)
, 970-987.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01974.x
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- 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01974.x