How the timing and quality of early experiences influence the development of brain architecture

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-40

  Fox, Sharon E ^a   Levitt, Pat ^b   Nelson III, Charles A ^c  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76749122925     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01380.x     Document Type: Review

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