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心理学

Infant Behavior and Development

Call for papers : Epigenetics and Behavioral Development

摘要截稿: 2018-09-01

全文截稿: 2019-03-01

影响因子: 0.0

网址: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/infant-behavior-and-development

Epigenetics—the study of how genetic activity is affected by non-genetic factors, including environmental factors—has become a well-established subspecialty within developmental biology. Insights from this domain have reinforced our understanding of how Nature and Nurture bidirectionally influence one another during development. The rapid increase in interest in these processes is due in part to a growing awareness that development involves the co-action over time of biological molecules and various environmental factors, as well as other physiological and psychological factors. The advent of epigenetics is generating exciting advances in our understanding of development, theoretically as well as within translational and clinical contexts such as physical and mental health, autism, and sexual development.

The purpose of this special issue is to highlight some of these recent advances as they inform our understanding of behavioral and psychological development. We are seeking submissions across a wide range of topics relevant to epigenetics and early development. Articles discussing or presenting new data on human populations and/or animal models would be acceptable; these articles may be reviews, empirical reports (including registered reports), or papers that provide conceptual advances or future directions.

心理学

Infant Behavior and Development

Call for papers: Brain Imaging to Study Infant Behavior and Development

摘要截稿: 2018-10-15

全文截稿: 2019-05-31

影响因子: 0.0

网址: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/infant-behavior-and-development

New brain Imaging techniques have been developed in neuroscience to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying human development. Some methodologies measure the electrical activity of different brain regions (Electroencephalography – EEG) or the magnetic fields produced by electrical currents occurring in the brain (Magnetoenchephalography – MEG). Others measure the level of oxygenation of the blood in different brain areas using near infrared light (Near Infrared Spectroscopy - NIRS) or magnetic fields (Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI). These techniques were initially developed to study human adults and until recently have not been exploited to study infant development. However, adaptations of these techniques to the study of infants are challenging, and clear consensus about their uses debated.

For this Special Issue, we invite empirical studies (either longitudinal or cross-sectional) as well as review and perspective papers that employ or focus on the use of brain imaging techniques to study typical and atypical infant development. Studies should investigate how brain imaging techniques are used to investigate mechanisms that regulate social, emotional, and/or cognitive development in infancy. We will also entertain studies that explore linkages between parental caregiving or other infant experiences and neurophysiological development in infancy to identify their interdependence.
Evaluation criteria: Adherence to the topic, Scientific relevance, Theoretical and methodological novelty, Timeliness and impact.

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