On genes, brains, and behavior: Why should developmental psychologists care about brain development?

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-202

  Stiles, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Developmental psychology; Dynamical field theory; Dynamical systems theory; Environment; Experience; Gene; Gene environment interaction; Inheritance; Innate knowledge; Nature nurture; Neurobiology; Neuroconstructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749124616     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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