Developmental cognitive neuroscience
- Author(s)
- Stefanie Höhl
- Abstract
Developmental cognitive neuroscience is concerned with how infants and children structure and process the sensory input they encounter, how they allocate their limited attentional resources toward relevant stimuli in the environment and how they learn. This chapter reviews a brief introduction of the most widely used methods in developmental cognitive neuroscience. One of the currently most widely used neuroscience techniques is electroencephalography (EEG). Different measures can be derived from the EEG, all providing potentially interesting information with regard to developmental psychopathology. EEG coherence measures provide information on the coupling and functional association between brain regions. The chapter also reviews recent work on autism spectrum disorders and childhood anxiety in order to illustrate how a cognitive neuroscience approach can contribute to a better understanding of developmental psychopathology. It concludes with a discussion of the advantages and limitations of neuroscience approaches for research on developmental psychopathology.
- Organisation(s)
- External organisation(s)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Scientific Software Center
- Pages
- 181-196
- No. of pages
- 16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118554470.ch8
- Publication date
- 2017
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 501005 Developmental psychology
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e10c0c96-b589-4391-94fa-f0b5c79a4bed