Growing pains and pleasures: How emotional learning guides development

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-108

  Nelson, Eric E ^a   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^b   Jarcho, Johanna M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortex; Sensitive periods; Social

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; AMYGDALA; CORTEX; DIFFERENT CLASS; EMOTIONAL LEARNING; ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI; SENSITIVE PERIODS; SOCIAL;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGY;

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; DANCING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; NATURAL SCIENCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLEASURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMYGDALA; CORTEX; SENSITIVE PERIODS; SOCIAL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84893019800     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.11.003     Document Type: Review

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