BIO342H5 Lecture Notes - Frontal Lobe, Superior Colliculus, Narcolepsy
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*development refers to development from fetal stage through to early adulthood. *cognitive = refers to thinking, thought processes; cognitive development = development of thought processes from birth to ~age 23 (typically neurological development is typically ceased by age 23) There is much more plasticity from infancy to age 23. There"s philosophical dichotomy the mind vs. brain dilemma are they the same thing or are they different. Currently mind and brain are same thing; who u are is reflection of organization of your brain. We say it"s the soul or spirit which is not the sum of all the parts (the brain) mind and brain are separate & they interact with each other. Three major theoretical camps of how development progresses (change): piaget. Study of cognition in early childhood mid part of 20th century. Study of cognition thinking + feeling in beginning of 20th century, but only in adults; study in children started ~50 yrs later.
