Research in brain cognition and development has expanded rapidly over the last ten years. Our scientific understanding of the developmental stages of infancy, childhood, and adolescence has reached a new level of sophistication. In this book, an elite group of international contributors presents the latest advances in the science of cognitive development.
Research in brain cognition and development has expanded rapidly over the last ten years. Our scientific understanding of the developmental stages of infancy, childhood, and adolescence has reached a new level of sophistication. In this book, an elite group of international contributors presents the latest advances in the science of cognitive development.
Bhoomika Rastogi Kar, PhD, is associate professor at the Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), University of Allahabad. She received her doctorate at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, with Shobini L. Rao as her supervisor in 2003. She has specialized in developmental cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. She has a master's degree in psychology and master's degree in medical and social psychology. She has developed a neuropsychological battery for children (as a part of her doctoral thesis) and has studied the growth patterns of neuropsychological functions of Indian children. Her research interests are cognitive development including normative development of attention and control processes and developmental disorders such as dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Her current projects focus on cognitive and affective control, conflict monitoring, bilingualism, and cognitive control using behavioral and electrophysiological methods such as EEG/ERP. She has published several papers, book chapters, and coedited Advances in Cognitive Science, Volume 2. She has presented her work at International and National Conferences in India and abroad. She has been collaborating with eminent scholars like Michael I. Posner, University of Oregon; Thomas Lachmann, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; Shobini L. Rao, NIMHANS, India; C. Kesavadas, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India; Senthil Kumaran, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India; and Narayanan Srinivasan, CBCS, University of Allahabad, India. She is consultant editor for the International Journal of Mind, Brain and Cognition and is a reviewer for many journals, such as Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychological Studies.
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Contributors Foreword Michael I. Posner Introduction Bhoomika Rastogi Kar I. Development of Attention and Control 1. Development of Selection and Control Bhoomika Rastogi Kar and Narayanan Srinivasan 2. The Nature and Nurture of Executive Attention Development M. Rosario Rueda and Lina M. Cómbita 3. Development of Attention Networks Michael I. Posner and Mary K. Rothbart 4. Development of Task-Switching Skills Gijsbert Stoet and Beatriz López II. Developmental Disorders: ADHD and Autism 1. Role of Dopamine in the Pathophysiology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Chandan J. Vaidya and Evan M. Gordon 2. The Dopamine Hypothesis of ADHD and Brain Response to Stimulant Medication James M. Swanson, Timothy Wigal, Scott Kollins, Jeffrey Newcorn, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna Fowler, and Nora Volkow 3. Exploring Prerequisite Learning Skills in Young Children and Their Implications for Identification of and Intervention for Autistic Behavior Prathibha Karanth and Archana S III. Origin of Self, Culture, and Social Cognition 1. Self-Consciousness and the Origins of an Ethical Stance Philippe Rochat 2. Learning to Share: The Emergence of Joint Attention in Human Infancy Gedeon O. Deák, Jochen Triesch, Anna Krasno, Kaya de Barbaro, and Marybel Robledo 3. Culture and Cognitive Development: The Development of Geocentric Language and Cognition Ramesh C. Mishra and Pierre R. Dasen 4. Cultural Differences in Cognitive Styles Pierre R. Dasen and Ramesh C. Mishra IV. Language and Reading Development 1. Children's Reading Development: Learning About Sounds, Symbols, and Cross-Modal Mappings Sonali Nag and Margaret J. Snowling 2. Young Children's Use of Color Information During Language–Vision Mapping Falk Huettig 3. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Language in Patients With Epilepsy Jija S. James and Chandrasekharan Kesavadas Index About the Editor
Contributors Foreword Michael I. Posner Introduction Bhoomika Rastogi Kar I. Development of Attention and Control 1. Development of Selection and Control Bhoomika Rastogi Kar and Narayanan Srinivasan 2. The Nature and Nurture of Executive Attention Development M. Rosario Rueda and Lina M. Cómbita 3. Development of Attention Networks Michael I. Posner and Mary K. Rothbart 4. Development of Task-Switching Skills Gijsbert Stoet and Beatriz López II. Developmental Disorders: ADHD and Autism 1. Role of Dopamine in the Pathophysiology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Chandan J. Vaidya and Evan M. Gordon 2. The Dopamine Hypothesis of ADHD and Brain Response to Stimulant Medication James M. Swanson, Timothy Wigal, Scott Kollins, Jeffrey Newcorn, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna Fowler, and Nora Volkow 3. Exploring Prerequisite Learning Skills in Young Children and Their Implications for Identification of and Intervention for Autistic Behavior Prathibha Karanth and Archana S III. Origin of Self, Culture, and Social Cognition 1. Self-Consciousness and the Origins of an Ethical Stance Philippe Rochat 2. Learning to Share: The Emergence of Joint Attention in Human Infancy Gedeon O. Deák, Jochen Triesch, Anna Krasno, Kaya de Barbaro, and Marybel Robledo 3. Culture and Cognitive Development: The Development of Geocentric Language and Cognition Ramesh C. Mishra and Pierre R. Dasen 4. Cultural Differences in Cognitive Styles Pierre R. Dasen and Ramesh C. Mishra IV. Language and Reading Development 1. Children's Reading Development: Learning About Sounds, Symbols, and Cross-Modal Mappings Sonali Nag and Margaret J. Snowling 2. Young Children's Use of Color Information During Language–Vision Mapping Falk Huettig 3. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Language in Patients With Epilepsy Jija S. James and Chandrasekharan Kesavadas Index About the Editor
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