Developmental change and the nature of learning in childhood

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 274-279

  Ramscar, Michael ^a   Gitcho, Nicole ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING THEORY; NEUROSCIENCE;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PREDICTION;

ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NEURONS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34250775465     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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