Neural Circuit and Cognitive Development

Neural Circuit and Cognitive Development, Second Edition, the latest release in the Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience series, provides a much-needed update to underscore the latest research in this rapidly evolving field, with new section editors discussing the technological advances that are enabling the pursuit of new research on brain development. This volume is devoted mainly to anatomical and functional development of neural circuits and neural systems and cognitive development. Understanding the critical role these changes play in neurodevelopment provides the ability to explore and elucidate the underlying causes of neurodevelopmental disorders and their effect on cognition. This series is designed to fill the knowledge gap, offering the most thorough coverage of this field on the market today and addressing all aspects of how the nervous system and its components develop.
- Features leading experts in various subfields as section editors and article authors
- Presents articles that have been peer reviewed to ensure accuracy, thoroughness and scholarship
- Includes coverage of mechanisms that control the assembly of neural circuits in specific regions of the nervous system and multiple aspects of cognitive development

I: CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT 1. Olfactory circuits Matt Wachowiak, Shawn D. Burton, Gabriel Lepousez and Pierre-Marie Lledo 2. Auditory circuits Lisa Goodrich and Patrick O. Kanold 3. Retino-tectal circuits Barry E. Stein 4. Cerebellar circuits Masanobu Kano and Masahiko Watanabe 5. Cortical columns Zoltan Molnar 6. Spike-timing dependent plasticity Daniel E. Feldman 7. Somatosensory cortex connections Bryan Hooks 8. Motor cortex connections Jeffrey D. Macklis 9. Hippocampal circuitry and development Kathleen S. Rockland 10. Basal Ganglia Circuits Charles Gerfen 11. Development of the circuit of the cerebellar cortex Constantino Sotelo, Fabrice Ango and Richard Hawkes II: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 12. Introduction to cognitive development from a neuroscience perspective Helen Tager-Flusberg 13. Theories in developmental cognitive neuroscience Mark Johnson 14. Structural brain development: Birth through adolescence Stefanie C. Bodison and Elizabeth Sowell 15. Statistical learning mechanisms in infancy Jill Lany 16. Development of the visual system Scott Johnson 17. The development of visuospatial processing Joan Stiles 18. Memory development Patricia Bauer and Jessica A. Dugan 19. Early development of speech and language: Cognitive, behavioral, and neural systems Helen Tager-Flusberg and Kayla Finch 20. The neural architecture and developmental course of face processing Laurie Bayet and Charles Nelson III 21. Developmental cognitive neuroscience of theory of mind Rebecca Saxe and Hilary Richardson 22. A developmental neuroscience perspective on empathy Jean Decety 23. Developing attention and self regulation in infancy and childhood M Rosario Rueda 24. The neural correlates of cognitive control and the development of social behavior George A. Buzzell, Ayelet Lahat and Nathan A. Fox 25. Executive function: Development, individual differences and clinical insights Claire Hughes 26. The Effects of Early Life Stress on Brain and Behavioral Development Megan Rosamond Gunnar, Elysia Davis, Amanda Norona and Jenalee Doom 27. Sex differences in brain and behavioral development Adriene M. Beltz and Sheri A. Berenbaum