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  • Developmental psychology
  • Developmental neuroscience
  • Behavioral development
  • Neurobiology

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  • Limited cross-fertilization exists between developmental psychology and developmental neuroscience.
  • Both fields share common interests in understanding thought, emotion, and consciousness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss major advances in developmental brain sciences.
  • To explore implications for understanding behavioral development.
  • To facilitate communication between psychology and neuroscience.

Main Methods:

  • Review of advances in neuroimaging techniques.
  • Examination of molecular and cellular events in brain development.
  • Analysis of how life experiences modify the developing brain.

Main Results:

  • Neuroimaging provides new tools for studying brain development.
  • Molecular and cellular processes are crucial for brain formation and plasticity.
  • Positive and negative life experiences significantly impact brain development.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating neurobiological mechanisms offers critical new knowledge in behavioral development.
  • Behavioral development is guided and influenced by neurobiological mechanisms.
  • Neurobiological mechanisms are dynamically influenced by behavior and experiences.