Adult cortical areas consist of specialized cell types and circuits that support unique higher-
order cognitive functions. How this regional diversity develops from an initially uniform …

How does the brain encode information about the environment? Decades of research have
led to the pervasive notion that the object-processing pathway in primate cortex consists of …

Cognitive technologies, ancient and modern, are best understood (I suggest) as deep and
integral parts of the problem-solving systems we identify as human intelligence. They are …

Rethinking Innateness asks the question," What does it really mean to say that a behavior is
innate?" The authors describe a new framework in which interactions, occurring at all levels …

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated edition of the
landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behaviour during infancy …

The thalamus plays crucial roles in the development and mature functioning of numerous
sensorimotor, cognitive and attentional circuits. Currently limited evidence suggests that …

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly
updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student …

It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance
are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging …

Processing the human face is at the focal point of most social interactions, yet this simple
perceptual task is difficult for individuals with autism, a population that spends limited …

Neural plasticity--the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental
processes, experience, and injury--is a critically important phenomenon for both …