Developmental Neurocognition

1. Front Matter

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2. The Roles of Experience in Different Developmental Information Stage Processes

   • W. T. Greenough, A. A. Alcantara

   Pages 3-16

3. The Relevance of Primate Corticogenesis for Understanding the Emergence of Cognitive Abilities in Man

   • H. Kennedy, C. Dehay

   Pages 17-30

4. Synaptogenesis in the Prefrontal Cortex of the Macaque

   • J. P. Bourgeois

   Pages 31-39

5. Maturation of Synapses and Gaba-Immunoreactive Neurons in the Perinatal Human Visual Cortex

   • L. J. Garey, X. X. Yan

   Pages 41-49

6. Dendritic Structure and Language Development

   • Arnold B. Scheibel

   Pages 51-62

7. Development of Brain Substrates for Pattern Recognition in Primates: Physiological and Connectional Studies of Inferior Temporal Cortex in Infant Monkeys

   • H. R. Rodman, C. G. Gross, S. P. Scalaidhe

   Pages 63-75

8. Functional Mapping of the Human Brain

   • B. M. Mazoyer, N. Tzourio

   Pages 77-91

9. Mechanisms in Infant Face Processing

   • J. Morton

   Pages 93-102

10. Specific VS. Non-Specific Face Recognition Device

    • K. A. Kleiner

    Pages 103-108

11. Neonatal Synesthesia: Implications for the Processing of Speech And Faces

    • D. Maurer

    Pages 109-124

12. Visual Perceptual Abilities at Birth: Implications for Face Perception

    • Alan M. Slater

    Pages 125-134

13. Cortical Parcellation and the Development of Face Processing

    • Mark H. Johnson, Shaun P. Vecera

    Pages 135-148

14. Hemispheric Differences in Face Processing and Brain Maturation

    • S. de Schonen, C. Deruelle, J. Mancini, O. Pascalis

    Pages 149-163

15. The Origins of Differential Hemispheric Strategies for Information Processing in the Relationships Between Voice and Face Perception

    • G. Turkewitz

    Pages 165-170

16. Infant Sensitivity to Perturbations in Adult Facial, Vocal, Tactile, and Contingent Stimulation During Face-to-Face Interactions

    • Darwin W. Muir, Sylvia M. J. Hains

    Pages 171-185

17. The Recognition of Facial Expressions in Infancy: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence

    • Charles A. Nelson

    Pages 187-198

18. Frontal Function in Cognitive and Emotional Behaviors During Infancy: Effects of Maturation and Experience

    • Nathan A. Fox, Martha Ann Bell

    Pages 199-210

19. Why Faces are Special to Infants — on Connecting the Attraction of Faces and Infants’ Ability for Imitation and Cross-Modal Processing

    • Andrew N. Meltzoff, M. Keith Moore

    Pages 211-225

20. Sometimes it Pays to Look Back Before You Leap Ahead

    • Peter W. Jusczyk

    Pages 227-236

This volume contains the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on the topic of "Changes in Speech and Face Processing in Infancy: A glimpse at Developmental Mechanisms of Cognition", which was held in Carry-Ie-Rouet (France) at the Vacanciel "La Calanque", from June 29 to July 3, 1992. For many years, developmental researchers have been systematically exploring what is concealed by the blooming and buzzing confusion (as William James described the infant's world). Much research has been carried out on the mechanisms by which organisms recognize and relate to their conspecifics, in particular with respect to language acquisition and face recognition. Given this background, it seems worthwhile to compare not only the conceptual advances made in these two domains, but also the methodological difficulties faced in each of them. In both domains, there is evidence of sophisticated abilities right from birth. Similarly, researchers in these domains have focused on whether the mechanisms underlying these early competences are modality-specific, object­ specific or otherwise.

• Sprachentwicklungsstörungen
• development
• language acquisition
• language development
• neurons

• Experimental Psychology Laboratory, E.H.E.S.S. and C.N.R.S., Paris, France

  Bénédicte Boysson-Bardies

• Development and Cognition Unit, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, C.N.R.S., Marseille, France

  Scania Schonen

• Psychology Department, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

  Peter Jusczyk

• Department of Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin, USA

  Peter McNeilage

• Cognitive Development Unit, MRC, London, UK

  John Morton

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