Neural Bases of Cognitive Development

Nelson, Charles A.; Thomas, Kathleen M.; Haan, Michelle de

doi:10.1002/9780470147658.chpsy0201

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“…Maturation of the connections between the medial temporal lobe and cortical areas, particularly prefrontal cortex, have been implicated in the development of strategy use in older children (Nelson et al, 2006a). Declarative memory performance continues to develop throughout early and middle childhood and children become increasingly able to use strategies to efficiently encode, retain, and retrieve memories.…”

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Accounting for change in declarative memory: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Richmond

Nelson

2007

Developmental Review

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The medial temporal lobe memory system matures relatively early and supports rudimentary declarative memory in young infants. There is considerable development, however, in the memory processes that underlie declarative memory performance during infancy. Here we consider agerelated changes in encoding, retention, and retrieval in the context of current knowledge about the brain systems that may underlie these memory processes. While changes in infants' encoding may be attributed to rapid myelination during the first year of life, improvements in long-term retention and flexible retrieval are likely due to the prolonged development of the dentate gyrus. Future studies combining measures of brain and behavior are critical in improving our understanding of how brain development drives memory development during infancy and early childhood.

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“…These results suggest that the hippocampus may be critical for the expression of novelty preferences specifically, rather than performance on visual recognition tasks generally. Recognition memory in a general sense is likely mediated by extrahippocampal structures (Nelson, de Haan, & Thomas, 2006a).…”

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Accounting for change in declarative memory: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Richmond

Nelson

2007

Developmental Review

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“…However, recent work has addressed the dynamic interplay between knowledge and basic processing mechanisms (e.g., Cowan, 1997;Nelson, 2002;Nelson, Thomas, & de Haan, 2006;Siegler, 2000). Nevertheless, with some exceptions such as working memory training in children with attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (e.g., Klingberg et al, 2005), training studies on memory plasticity and its long-term maintenance are sparse.…”

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Comparing memory skill maintenance across the life span: Preservation in adults, increase in children.

Brehmer¹,

Li²,

Straube³

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Psychology and Aging

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The authors examined life-span differences in the maintenance of skilled episodic memory performance by assessing 100 individuals (10 -11, 12-13, 21-26, and 66 -79 ). Skill maintenance was tested in 2 follow-up sessions, the first without and the second with mnemonic reinstruction. Younger and older adults' average performance levels were stable across time. In contrast, both younger and older children's memory performance improved beyond originally attained levels. Older adults' performance improved from the first to the second follow-up session, presumably profiting from instruction-induced skill reactivation. Results suggest that (a) skill maintenance is largely intact in healthy older adults, (b) older adults need environmental support to fully reactivate their former skill levels (cf. F. I. M. Craik, 1983), and (c) children adapt a skill learned 11 months ago to their increasing cognitive capabilities.

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“…Here, and in other writings [Nelson, de Haan, & Thomas, 2006], it has been argued that our knowledge of cognitive development would benefit greatly by considering the neural bases or neural correlates of cognitive behavior. There are 3 specific reasons for making this assertion.…”

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How Does Neuroscience Inform the Study of Cognitive Development?

Nelson

Moulson²,

Richmond

2006

Human Development

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The fields of developmental psychology and developmental neuroscience have existed independently of one another for many years. This is unfortunate, as knowledge of how the brain develops can inform the study of behavioral development. In this paper, we provide two examples of how knowledge about brain development has improved our understanding of two key behavioral domains: the development of face processing and memory development. We conclude with a plea for other domains of development to integrate information from both the brain and behavioral sciences.

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Neural Bases of Cognitive Development

Cited by 52 publications

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Accounting for change in declarative memory: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Accounting for change in declarative memory: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Comparing memory skill maintenance across the life span: Preservation in adults, increase in children.

How Does Neuroscience Inform the Study of Cognitive Development?

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