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  2. Piaget's theory of cognitive development - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, Piaget claimed that cognitive development is at the centre of the human organism, and language is contingent on knowledge and understanding acquired through cognitive development. [6] Piaget's earlier work received the greatest attention. Child-centred classrooms and "open education" are direct applications of Piaget's views. [7]

  3. Cognitive development - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of the developed adult brain and cognitive psychology.

  4. Dual systems model - Wikipedia

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    The temporal gap in the development of the socioemotional and cognitive control systems creates a period of heightened vulnerability to risk-taking during mid-adolescence. In the dual systems model, "reward sensitivity" and " cognitive control " refer to neurobiological constructs that are measured in studies of brain structure and function.

  5. ABCD Study - Wikipedia

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    The study collects data on the behavior and brain development of over 11,500 children beginning at age 9-10 and continuing through young adulthood. [2] The study collected data from youth in seven primary domains: physical health, mental health, brain imaging, biospecimens, neurocognition, substance use, and culture and environment.

  6. Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development - Wikipedia

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    Kurt W. Fischer advanced a theory that integrates Piaget's notion of stages in cognitive development with notions from learning theory and skill construction as explained by the cognitive psychology of the 1960s. [19] Fischer's conception of the stages of cognitive development is very similar to that of Case. That is, he describes four major ...

  7. Developmental psychology - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive development is primarily concerned with how infants and children acquire, develop, and use internal mental capabilities such as: problem-solving, memory, and language. Major topics in cognitive development are the study of language acquisition and the development of perceptual and motor skills.

  8. Das–Naglieri cognitive assessment system - Wikipedia

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    The Das–Naglieri cognitive assessment system (CAS) test is an individually administered test of cognitive functioning for children and adolescents ranging from 5 through 17 years of age that was designed to assess the planning, attention, simultaneous and successive cognitive processes as described in the PASS theory of intelligence.

  9. Adriana Galván - Wikipedia

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    Adriana Galván is an American psychologist and expert on adolescent brain development. [1] She is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she directs the Developmental Neuroscience laboratory. [2]