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The developing brain: from theory to neuroimaging and back

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Crone, Eveline A., Richard Ridderinkhof, K.·2011·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Surprisingly little headway has been made towards understanding how brain growth maps onto mental growth during child development. This review aims at bridging and integrating recent human neuroscientific brain maturation findings with the conceptual thinking of theorists in the behavioural tradition of studying cognitive development. Developmental research in the field of internal control and self-regulation serves as a reference point for understanding the relation between brain maturation and mental growth. Using several recent neuroimaging findings as points in case, we show how a deeper appreciation of structural and functional neural development can be obtained from considering the traditional conceptual frameworks, and vice versa. We conclude that paradigmatic progress in developmental neuroscience can rely more on knowledge from developmental experimental psychology, and that developmental models of cognitive development can be constrained and articulated with more precision on the basis of knowledge of differential structural and functional brain maturation.

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Authors
Crone, E. A., & Richard Ridderinkhof, K.
Affiliations
Leiden University (NL)
Corresponding author
Crone, Eveline A.
Venue
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-04
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
101-109
ISSN
1878-9293 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2017617545
Cited by
125
References
87
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Keywords
brain maturation, child development, cognitive development, self-regulation, internal control, neural development, structural brain development, functional brain development, developmental model
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Age Factors, Brain, Child, Cognition, Humans, Psychomotor Performance, Neuroimaging

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