Developmental Neuropsychology

期刊简介：Devoted to exploring relationships between brain and behavior across the life span, Developmental Neuropsychology publishes scholarly papers on the appearance and development of behavioral functions, such as language, perception, and social, motivational and cognitive processes as they relate to brain functions and structures. Appropriate subjects include studies of changes in cognitive function—brain structure relationships across a time period, early cognitive behaviors in normal and brain-damaged children, plasticity and recovery of function after early brain damage, the development of complex cognitive and motor skills, and specific and nonspecific disturbances, such as learning disabilities, mental retardation, schizophrenia, stuttering, and developmental aphasia. In the gerontologic areas, relevant subjects include neuropsychological analyses of normal age-related changes in brain and behavioral functions, such as sensory, motor, cognitive, and adaptive abilities; studies of age-related diseases of the nervous system; and recovery of function in later life. Empirical studies, research reviews, case reports, critical commentaries, and book reviews are featured in each issue. By publishing both basic and clinical studies of the developing and aging brain, the journal encourages additional scholarly work that advances understanding of the field of lifespan developmental neuropsychology.

【译文】致力于探索整个生命周期中大脑与行为之间的关系，发展神经心理学发表关于行为功能（如语言、感知、社会、动机和认知过程）的出现和发展的学术论文，这些功能与大脑功能和结构相关。适当的主题包括认知功能与大脑结构关系随时间的变化研究、正常和脑损伤儿童早期认知行为研究、早期脑损伤后的功能可塑性和恢复研究、复杂认知和运动技能的发展研究，以及特定和非特异性障碍（如学习障碍、智力迟缓、精神分裂症、口吃和发育性失语症）的研究。在老年病学领域，相关主题包括对大脑和行为功能（如感觉、运动、认知和适应能力）的正常年龄相关变化进行神经心理学分析、神经系统年龄相关疾病的研究，以及晚年功能恢复的研究。每期特刊包括实证研究、研究综述、病例报告、评论和书评。通过发表关于发育和衰老大脑的基础和临床研究，该期刊鼓励更多的学术工作，以推进对生命周期发展神经心理学领域的理解。