Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Introduction to the study of infant brain growth and maturation and its relation to the development of human cognition. We will cover main neuroscientific methods with which we investigate the function and structure of the developing neonatal and infant brain circuitries (including functional and structural MRI and EEG/ERP). We will examine major fundamental questions in the field, including the role of experience vs. innateness, the role of early sleep supporting cognition and memory development, the neural bases of development of language, speech and music perception, as well as the neural bases of attention, executive functions, and social cognition development. We will consider how atypical brain development underlies atypical cognition in children.

Fall, Spring

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