Brain Development and Cognition

Contributors. Preface. Part I: Perspectives on Development: 1. Critique of the Modern Ethologists Attitude: Konard Lorenz. 2. The Problem of Change: Susan Oyama. 3. The Epigenetic Sytem and the Development of Cognitive Funstions: Jean Piaget. 4. Toward a Biological Theory of Language Development: Eric H. Lenneberg. Part II: Brain Maturation: Introduction. 5. Basic Concepts of CNS Development: R . S. Nowakowski. 6. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants of Neocortial Parcellation: a Radical Unit Model: P. Rakic. 7. Morphometric Study of Human Cerebral Cortex Developemt: Peter R. Huttenlocher. 8. Positron Emission Tomography Study of Human Brain Functional Developemnt: Harry T. Chugani, Michael E. Phelps and John C. Mazziotta. Part III: Brain Maturation and Cognition: Introduction. 9. Binocular Vision- Behavioural and Neural Development: Richard Held. 10. Cortical Maturation and the Development of Visual Attention in Early Infancy: Mark H. Johnson. 11. An Early and a Late Developing System for Learning and Retention in Infant Monkeys: Jocelyne Bachevalier and Mortimer Mishkin. 12. Neurophysical Insights into the Meaning of Object Concept Development: Adele Diamond. 13. Critical Period Effects in Second Language Learning: the Influence of Maturational State on the Acquisition of English as a Second Language: Jacqueline S. Johnson and Elissa L. Newport. Part IV: Brain Plasticity: Introduction. 14. Experience and Brain Development: William T. Greenough, James E. Black and Christopher S. Wallace. 15. Do Cortical Areas Emerge from a Protocortex? : Dennis D. M. O'Leary. 16. Brain Development, Plasticity and Behavior: Bryan Kolb. Part V: Brain Plasticity and Cognition: Introduction. 17. Neuronal Models of Cognitive Functions: Jean-Pierre Changeux and Stanislas Dehaene. 18. Language, Modality and the Brain: Ursula Bellugi, Howard Poizner and Edward S. Klima. 19. Neurobiology of Cognitive and Language Processing: Effects of Early Experience: Helen J. Neville. Part VI: Constraints on Plasticity: Introduction. 20. The Instinct to Learn: Peter Marler. 21. Brain Mechanisms of Memory and Predisposition: Interactive Sudies of Cerebral Function and Behavior: gabriel Horn. 22. Limitations on Input as a Basis for Neural Organization and Perceptual Devlopment: a Preliminary Theoretical Statement: Gerald Turkewitz and Patricia A. Kenny. Part VII: Self Organization and Development: Introduction. 23. Ocular Dominance Column Development: Analysis and Simulation: Kenneth D. Miller, Joseph B. Keller and Michael P. Stryker. 24. Self-Organization and Cognitive Change: Elizabeth Bates and Jeffrey L. Elman. 27. Linguistic and Spatial Cognitive Development Following Early Focal Brain Injury: Patterns of Deficit and Recovery: Joan Stiles and Donna Thal. 28. The Development and Neural Basis of Memory Systems: Jeri S. Janowsky. 29. The Neurobiology of Handedness, Language and Cerebral Dominance: a Model for the Molecular Genetics of Behavior: I. C. McManus and M. P. Bryden. Index.