Neural Mechanisms and Children's Intellectual Development: Multiple Impacts of Environmental Factors

Neuroscientist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 618-631

  Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

development; environmental factors; improvement of cognitive function; intelligence; plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84994338537     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858415610294     Document Type: Review

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