Critical period: A history of the transition from questions of when, to what, to how

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-162

  Michel, George F ^a   Tyler, Amber N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental stages; Sensitive period

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERATOLOGY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 17844372492     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20058     Document Type: Review

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