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References on Early Brain Development and Related Topics

Brain Anatomy and Development

Physical Well-Being

Attachment

Play

Consistency, Stress, and Resilience

Early Childhood Policy and Statistics

Brain Anatomy and Development

Amaral, D.G., Bauman, M.D., Capitanio, J.P., Lavenex, P., Mason, W.A., Mauldin-Jourdain, M.L., & Mendoza, S.P. (2003). The amygdala: is it an essential component of the neural network for social cognition? Neuropsychologia, 41, 517-522.

Bailey, D. B., Jr., Bruer, J. T., Symons, F. J., & Lichtman, J. W. (2001). Critical thinking about critical periods. Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

Berger, K. S. (2006). The developing person through childhood (4th ed.). New York: Worth.

Berk, L. E. (2000) Child development (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Bridging the Gap Between Neuroscience and Education. (1996). Denver, CO. The Education Commission of the States.

Chugani, H. T. (2004, Summer). Fine-tuning the baby brain. The Dana Forum on Brain Science, 6, 1–14.

deSchoenen, S. (1999). About functional brain specialization: The development of face recognition. In N. A. Fox, L. A. Leavitt, & J. G. Warhol (Eds.), The role of early experience in infant development (pp. 191–208). Calverton, NY: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

Diamond, Marian and Hopson, J. (1998). Magic Trees of the Mind. New York, Penguin Group. Available through bookstores.

Dodge, D. T., and Heroman, C. (1999). Building Your Baby's Brain: A Parent's Guide to the First Five Years. Teaching Strategies.

Eliot, L. (1999). What's Going on in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life. New York: Bantam Books.

Gopnik, A., Meltzoff, A. N., and Kuhl, P. K. (1999). The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains and How Children Learn. New York: William Morrow.

Greenough, W. T., & Black, J. E. (1999). Experience, neural plasticity, and psychological development. In N. A. Fox, L. A. Leavitt, & J. G. Warhol (Eds.), The role of early experience in infant development (pp. 29–40). Calverton, NY: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

Greenspan, S. (1999). Building Healthy Minds: the Six Experiences that Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books.

Healy, J. M. (2004). Your child's growing mind: A practical guide to brain development and learning from birth to adolescence. New York: Doubleday.

Huttenlocher, J. (1999). Language input and language growth. In N. A. Fox, L. A. Leavitt, & J. G. Warhol (Eds.), The role of early experience in infant development (pp. 69–82). Calverton, NY: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

Huttenlocher, P. (1999). Synaptogenesis in human cerebral cortex and the concept of critical periods. In N. A. Fox, L. A. Leavitt, & J. G. Warhol (Eds.), The role of early experience in infant development (pp. 15–28). Calverton, NY: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

Juczyk, P. W. (1995). Language acquisition: Speech sounds and phonological development. In J. L. Miller & P. D. Eimas (Eds.), Handbook of perception and cognition: Vol. 11. Speech, language, and communication (pp. 263–301). Orlando, FL: Academic Press

Knudsen, E.I. (2004). Sensitive periods in the development of the brain and behavior. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1412–1425.

Kolb, B. (1999). Neuroanatomy and development overview. In N. A. Fox, L. A. Leavitt, & J. G. Warhol (Eds.), The role of early experience in infant development (pp. 5–14). Calverton, NY: Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

Kuhl, P.K. (2004). Early language acquisition: cracking the speech code. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 5, 831-843.

Marshall, P.J., Fox, N.A., & the BEIP Core Group. (2004). A comparison of the electroencephalogram between institutionalized and community children in Romania. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1327–1338.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2004). Children's Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of their Brains. Working Paper No. 2. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http://www.developingchild.net.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2006). Early Exposure to Toxic Substances Damages Brain Architecture. Working Paper No. 4. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http://www.developingchild.net.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2008). National Scientific Council on the Developing Child Science Brief: ven Low Levels of Alcohol During Pregnancy Can Affect Fetal Brain Development. Working Paper No. 5. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http://www.developingchild.net.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2008). The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture. Working Paper No. 5. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http://www.developingchild.net.

Pruett, K. D. (1999). Me, Myself, and I: How Children Build their Sense of Self - 18 to 36 Months. New York: Goddard Press.

Ratey, J. J. (2001). A user’s guide to the brain. New York: Pantheon.

Shonkoff, J. P, & Phillips, D. A. (Eds.) (2000). From neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early childhood development. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Shore, R. (1997). Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development. New York: Families and Work Institute. 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10001. 212/465-2044.

Society for Neuroscience (2002). Brain facts: A primer on the brain and nervous system. Retrieved February 21, 2007 from http://www.sfn.org/baw/pdf/brainfacts.pdf.

Sprenger, M. (1999). Learning and Memory: The Brain in Action. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Williamson, G, G., & Anzalone, M.E. (2001). Sensory integration and self-regulation in infants and toddlers: Helping very young children interact with their environment. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

Woolsey, T. A., Hanaway, J., & Gado, M. H., (2002). The brain atlas: A visual guide to the human central nervous system (2nd ed.) Wilmington, DE: Wiley-Liss.

Zhang, Y., Kuhl, P.K., Imada, T., Kotani, M., and Tohkura, Y. (2005). Effects of language experience: Neural commitment to language-specific auditory patterns. NeuroImage, 26, 703-720.

Physical Well-Being

Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, (1995), Statement on the link between nutrition and cognitive development in children. Boston, MA: Tufts University School of Nutrition.

Duyff, R. L. (2006), ADA complete food and nutrition guide 3rd edition. Chicago, IL, American Dietetic Association.

Newachek, P.W., Hughes, D.C., Hung, Y.Y., Wong, S. & Stoddard, J.J. (2000). The unmet health needs of America’s children. Pediatrics, 105 (4), 989-997.

Stang,J. (2006), Improving the eating patterns of infants and toddlers. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106 (1), S7-S9.

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Attachment

Becker-Weidman, A., & Shell, D., (Eds). (2005). Creating Capacity for Attachment. Bethany, OK: Wood 'N' Barnes.

Bowlby, J. (1969).  Attachment. Vol 1 of Attachment and loss. New York: Basic Books.

Bowlby, J. (1973). Separation: Anxiety & Anger. Vol. 2 of Attachment and loss. New York: Basic Books.

Bowlby, J. (1980) Loss: Sadness & Depression. Vol. 3 of Attachment and loss. New York: Basic Books.

Bretherton, I. (1992). The Origins of Attachment Theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Developmental Psychology, 28, 759-775.

Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P., (Eds). (1999) Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. New York: Guilford Press.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2004). Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships. Working Paper No. 1. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http://www.developingchild.net.

Play

Bergen, D. (Ed.) (1987). Play as a medium for learning and development: A handbook of theory and practice. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Chabris, C. F. (1999). Prelude or requiem for the “Mozart effect”? Nature, 400, 826-827.

Dugatkin, L. A. (2002, Summer). Prancing primates, turtles with toys: It’s more than just (animal) play. The Dana Forum on Brain Science, 4, 1–10.

Frost, J., Wortham, S., & Reifel, S. (2001). Play and child development. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Graziano, A. B., Peterson, M., & Shaw, G. L. (1999). Enhanced learning of proportional math through music training and spatial-temporal training. Neurological Research, 21, 139-152.

Klein, T.P., Wirth, D., & Linas, K. (2003). Play: Children's context for development. Young Children, 58, 38-45.

Kordt-Thomas, C., & Lee, I.M. (2006). Floor time: Rethinking play in the classroom. Young Children, 61, 86-90.

Parten, M. (1932). Social participation among preschool children. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 27, 243–269.

Rauscher, F.H., Shaw, G.L., Levine, L.J., Wright, E.L., Dennis, W.R., & Newcomb, R.L. (1997). Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children’s spatial-temporal reasoning. Neurological Research, 19, 2-8.

Rubin, K. H., Fein, G. G., & Vandenberg, B. (1983). Play. In E. M. Hetherington (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 4 Socialization, personality, and social development (4th ed., pp. 693–744). New York: Wiley.

Steele, K. M., Bella, S. D., Peretz, I., Dunlop, T., Dawe, L. A., Humphrey, G. K., Shannon, R. A., Kirby, J. L., & Olmstead, C. G. (1999). Prelude or requiem for the “Mozart effect”? Nature, 400, 827.

Consistency, Stress, and Resilience

Clark, R. (2001). Mothers, Babies and Depression: Questions and Answers. Washington, DC. Zero To Three, Volume 22, No. 1. Bulletin of Zero To Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.

Dodge, T.S. & Heroman, C. (2001). Building Your Baby’s Brain: A Parent’s Guide to the First Five Years. Washington, DC: Delmar Thomson Learning.

Gladwell, M. (1997, February). Damaged. The New Yorker, Crime and Science Section.

Kotulak, R. and The Chicago Tribute. (1996). Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing.

McGilly, K., Winter, M., & Strube, M. (2000). Linking Neroscience and Education to Improve Parenting of Young Children. St. Louis, MO: Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2005). Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Brain. Working Paper No. 3. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http://www.developingchild.net.

Nehoff, D. (1999). The Biology of Violence: How Understanding the Brain, Behavior and Environment Can Break the Vicious Cycle of Aggression. New York, NY: Free Press.

Perry, B.D. (1995). Incubated in Terror: Neurodevelopmental Factors in the ‘Cycle of Violence.’ Children, Youth and Violence: Searching for Solutions. November/December.

Perry. B. D. (2002). Childhood Experience and the Expression of Genetic Potential: What Childhood Neglect Tells Us about Nature and Nurture. Brain and Mind, 3, 79–100.

Perry, B. D. (2005). Maltreatment and the Developing Child: How Early Childhood Experience Shapes Child and Culture (The Margaret McCain Inaugural Lecture). London, Ontario: The Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System.

Pruett, K.D. (1999). Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self: 18 to 36 months. Lunham, MD: Goddard Press, Inc.

Early Childhood Policy and Statistics

Babies, Practitioners and Public Policy. (2001). Washington, DC. Zero To Three, Volume 21, No. 6. Bulletin of Zero To Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families.

Carnegie Corporation of New York. (1994, April). Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children. P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, MD 20604. 212/371-3200.

Early Childhood Development. (2000). Putting Knowledge into Action. Washington, DC. Grantmakers in Health Issue Dialogue. Issue Brief No. 8

Larner, M., Behrman, R., Young, Marie, & Reich, K. (2001) Caring for Infants and Toddlers. Los Altos, CA. The Future of Children, Volume 2, No 1. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Weinstein, J & Weinstein, R. (2000). Before It's Too Late: Neuropsychological Consequences of Child Neglect and Their Implications for Law and Social Policy. Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Volume 33 Issue 4.

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