Cortical differentiation and neurocognitive development: The parcellation conjecture

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-212

  Johnson, Mark H ^a   Vecera, Shaun P ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; Differentiation; Infant

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0029883647     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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