title: Functional brain development in infants: elements of an interactive specialization framework.
abstract: One future direction for cognitive development research involves a closer integration with our knowledge about the developing brain. I present a framework for analyzing and interpreting postnatal functional brain development in human infants. Three specific hypotheses contribute to this framework, within which a variety of phenomena associated with the neural basis of perception and cognition in normal and abnormal development can be characterized.
authors.affiliation: Center for Brain and Cognitive Development, School of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom. mark.johnson@psyc.bbk.ac.uk
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology