Sensitive periods in functional brain development: Problems and prospects

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17844367587     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20057     Document Type: Review

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