scholarly journals Western Faculty Profile: Dr. Daniel Ansari

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jas Sahota ◽  
Nicole Kim
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Arithmetic Operation ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Early Contribution ◽  
Canada Research Chair ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Dr. Daniel Ansari is an Associate Professor at the Brain and Mind Institute at Western University where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr. Ansari has won many awards for his work, including the Schloessmann Award, the Society for Research in Child Development Early Contribution Award, and the APA Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) Boyd McCandless Award. His research focuses on discerning which regions of the brain are involved in our ability to calculate, such as how activation of the brain is affected during calculation by the particular arithmetic operation being performed. Jas Sahota and Nicole Kim spoke with Dr. Ansari about his work and research.

Constraining the brain: The role of developmental psychology in developmental cognitive neuroscience

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-563
Author(s):  
David Estes ◽  
Karen Bartsch
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Neural Development ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Developmental Research ◽  
Early Emergence ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Infants And Young Children ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Developmental psychology should play an essential constraining role in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Theories of neural development must account explicitly for the early emergence of knowledge and abilities in infants and young children documented in developmental research. Especially in need of explanation at the neural level is the early emergence of meta-representation.

scholarly journals The Importance of Developing Narrative Capacity

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
New Members ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
And Gender

Welcome to our first Issue of Children Australia for 2018. We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and entered the New Year with energy and enthusiasm for the challenges ahead. We also welcome back many of our Editorial Consultants and especially want to make our new members of the team feel engaged in the journal's activities for 2018. One of our new Editorial Consultants is Shraddha Kapoor who is Associate Professor at Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Dr Neerja Sharma, now retired, who has supported Children Australia for some years, was Shraddha's Professor before becoming her colleague and now a dear friend. Shraddha herself has been teaching in the department for last 27 years in the subjects of developmental psychology, child development, wellbeing, family and gender. Her particular interests are childcare, early childhood education and gender.

The neural reuse hypothesis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Raja ◽  
Marcie Penner ◽  
Lucina Q. Uddin ◽  
Michael L. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorders ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Brain Dynamics ◽  
Developmental Study ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Neural Reuse ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Do So ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

In this chapter, the authors propose neural reuse as a promising unifying framework for the advance of developmental cognitive neuroscience. In order to do so, first, the authors describe the hypothesis of neural reuse and some of the evidence for its importance to and impact on the development of the brain. Then, the authors compare neural reuse with the three prominent frameworks in contemporary developmental cognitive neuroscience—maturational viewpoint, interactive specialization, and skill learning—and show how neural reuse can accommodate their virtues while avoiding their shortcomings. After that, the authors explore some of the implications of neural reuse for the developmental study of math cognition, brain dynamics, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Finally, the authors sketch some future directions of research and some specific research suggestions.

Motor development in infants and children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Libertus
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Large Individual ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Motor development has been relatively neglected in Developmental Psychology over the past 30 years. A recent renaissance of interest in this domain provides new insights into the dynamic nature of motor development with large individual differences, the myriad of factors influencing motor skill learning, and the long-lasting and important implications of motor activity for cognition, language, and even academic achievement. These behavioral and observational findings raise new questions that need to be addressed by future research. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is uniquely positioned to answer open questions about motor development and to contribute to our understanding of the processes underlying the variability, malleability, and generality of motor development. This chapter summarizes select current findings and hopes to stimulate future research using Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience methods.

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Era of Networks and Big Data: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien A. Fair ◽  
Nico U.F. Dosenbach ◽  
Amy H. Moore ◽  
Theodore Satterthwaite ◽  
Michael P. Milham
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Functional Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Functional Connectivity Mri ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Developmental cognitive neuroscience is being pulled in new directions by network science and big data. Brain imaging [e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional connectivity MRI], analytical advances (e.g., graph theory, machine learning), and access to large computing resources have empowered us to collect and process neurobehavioral data faster and in larger populations than ever before. The translational potential from these advances is unparalleled, as a better understanding of complex human brain functions is best grounded in the onset of these functions during human development. However, the maturation of developmental cognitive neuroscience has seen the emergence of new challenges and pitfalls, which have significantly slowed progress and need to be overcome to maintain momentum. In this review, we examine the state of developmental cognitive neuroscience in the era of networks and big data. In addition, we provide a discussion of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the field to advance developmental cognitive neuroscience's scientific and translational potential. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, Volume 3 is December 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

A Call for Greater Attention to Culture in the Study of Brain and Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 174569162093146
Author(s):  
Yang Qu ◽  
Nathan A. Jorgensen ◽  
Eva H. Telzer
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cultural Neuroscience ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Developmental Neuroscience ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Despite growing research on neurobiological development, little attention has been paid to cultural and ethnic variation in neurodevelopmental processes. We present an overview of the current state of developmental cognitive neuroscience with respect to its attention to cultural issues. Analyses based on 80 publications represented in five recent meta-analyses related to adolescent developmental neuroscience show that 99% of the publications used samples in Western countries. Only 22% of studies provided a detailed description of participants’ racial/ethnic background, and only 18% provided for socioeconomic status. Results reveal a trend in developmental cognitive neuroscience research: The body of research is derived not only mostly from Western samples but also from participants whose race/ethnicity is unknown. To achieve a holistic perspective on brain development in different cultural contexts, we propose and highlight an emerging interdisciplinary approach—developmental cultural neuroscience—the intersection of developmental psychology, cultural psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. Developmental cultural neuroscience aims to elucidate cultural similarities and differences in neural processing across the life span. We call attention to the importance of incorporating culture into the empirical investigation of neurodevelopment.

scholarly journals What imitation tells us about social cognition: a rapprochement between developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience

2003 ◽  
Vol 358 (1431) ◽  
pp. 491-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew N. Meltzoff ◽  
Jean Decety
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Functional Neuroimaging ◽  
Human Infants ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Common Coding ◽  
Neural Representations ◽  
Psychological Evidence ◽  
Cortical Regions ◽  
The Brain

Both developmental and neurophysiological research suggest a common coding between perceived and generated actions. This shared representational network is innately wired in humans. We review psychological evidence concerning the imitative behaviour of newborn human infants. We suggest that the mechanisms involved in infant imitation provide the foundation for understanding that others are ‘like me’ and underlie the development of theory of mind and empathy for others. We also analyse functional neuroimaging studies that explore the neurophysiological substrate of imitation in adults. We marshal evidence that imitation recruits not only shared neural representations between the self and the other but also cortical regions in the parietal cortex that are crucial for distinguishing between the perspective of self and other. Imitation is doubly revealing: it is used by infants to learn about adults, and by scientists to understand the organization and functioning of the brain.

A Call for Greater Attention to Culture in the Study of Brain and Development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Qu ◽  
Nathan Jorgensen ◽  
Eva H. Telzer
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cultural Neuroscience ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Developmental Neuroscience ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Despite growing research on neurobiological development, little attention has been paid to cultural and ethnic variation in neurodevelopmental processes. We present an overview of the current state of developmental cognitive neuroscience, with respect to its attention to cultural issues. Analyses based on 80 publications represented in 5 recent meta-analyses related to adolescent developmental neuroscience show that 99% of the publications utilized samples in Western countries. Only 22% of studies provided a detailed description of participants’ racial/ethnic background and 18% for socioeconomic status. Results reveal a trend in developmental cognitive neuroscience research: not only is this body of research mostly derived from Western samples, but the race/ethnicity of the majority of participants is unknown. To achieve a holistic perspective on brain development in different cultural contexts, we propose and highlight an emerging interdisciplinary approach – developmental cultural neuroscience – the intersection of developmental psychology, cultural psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. Developmental cultural neuroscience aims to elucidate cultural similarities and differences in neural processing across the lifespan. We call attention to the importance of incorporating culture into the empirical investigation of neurodevelopment.

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