Centre for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Early Childhood in Focus: Developing Brains

Early Childhood in Focus is a series of publications produced by the Child and Youth Studies Group at The Open University, United Kingdom, with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The series provides accessible and clear reviews of the best and most recent available research, information and analysis on key policy issues, offering clear messages on core policy topics and questions, spanning all aspects of early childhood care and education, as well as the full age range, from infancy through to the early years of school. Each publication is developed in consultation with world leaders in research,policy, advocacy and children’s rights. The latest publication ‘Developing Brains’ has been produced with the editorial, academic and clinical input of members of the Centre for Developmental Neuroscience from UCL and partner institution, Birkbeck.

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Input includes members of the CDCN listed:

Editors:

Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Professorial Research Fellow, Developmental Neurocognition Lab, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck

Mark H. Johnson, Director, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck

Contributors:

Michelle de Haan, Reader, Centre for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Child Health

Teodora Gliga, Research Fellow, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck

Elizabeth Isaacs, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Child Health

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Academic assessor:

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL