Provides an extensive overview of the methods used to study these questions, and the emerging interface between neurobiological and psychological perspectives in the study of typical and atypical cognitive development.

Introduction, M. de Haan, M.H. Johnson 1.Mechanisms and Theories of Brain Development, M. de Haan, M.H. Johnson 2. Methods for Imaging the Developing Brain, K.M. Thomas, B.J. Casey 3. Neurobiological Models of Normal and Abnormal Visual Development, J. Atkinson, O. Braddick 4. The Development of Visual Attention and the Brain, J.E. Richards 5. A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Early Memory Development, C.A. Nelson, S.J. Webb 6. Neural Substrate of Speech and Language Development, C.M. Leonard 7. The Neural and Functional Development of Human Prefrontal Cortex, M. Luciana 8. Emotion, Cognition and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenocortical Axis: A Developmental Perspective, E.P. Davis, S.W. Parker, N. Tottenham, M.R. Gunnar 9. Neuroendocrinology: Cognitive Effects on Sex Hormones, S.A. Berenbaum, S. Moffat, A. Wisniewski, S. Resnick 10. Developmental Disorders of Genetic Origin, H. Tager-Flusberg

Michelle de Haan is a Lecturer in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. Her research focuses on development of visual cognition and memory and their neural correlates. Mark H. Johnson is Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has published over 100 articles and 4 books on brain and cognitive development.