title: Neural correlates of memory development and learning: combining neuroimaging and behavioral measures to understand cognitive and developmental processes.
abstract: This special issue includes 4 articles addressing the general theme of neural correlates of memory development and learning. Taken together, the articles represent a broad range of development, including infants, children, adolescents, and adults as participants. Each line of research examines relations between brain activity and cognitive functions using both physiological measures, event-related potentials or functional magnetic resonance imaging, and behavioral measures of memory and learning. This introduction sets the stage by briefly reviewing historical trends in memory development research, discussing major issues associated with neuroimaging research, and providing an integrated perspective of some specific contributions of the investigations included in this special issue, arguing that combining neuroimaging and behavioral measures advances research on memory development and learning in terms of understanding cognitive and developmental processes. The article concludes with a brief discussion of potential future directions for this type of research.
authors.affiliation: Division of Educational Studies and Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221-0002, USA. rhonda.brown@uc.edu
authors.forename: Rhonda Douglas
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: C-Y Peter
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*