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ERIC Number: EJ603917
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Functional Brain Development in Infants: Elements of an Interactive Specialization Framework.
Johnson, Mark H.
Child Development, v71 n1 p75-81 Jan-Feb 2000
Maintains that one future direction for cognitive development research involves a closer integration with knowledge about the developing brain. Presents a framework for analyzing and interpreting postnatal functional brain development. Discusses three contributing hypotheses, within which a variety of phenomena associated with the neural basis of perception and cognition in normal and abnormal development can be characterized. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Infants, Models, Neurological Impairments, Neurology, Perceptual Development, Research Needs
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brain Development
Note: Special Theme Issue: "New Directions for Child Development in the Twenty-First Century."