Cognition and Brain Development: Converging Evidence From Various Methodologies (Human Brain Development Series)

In this book, an elite group of international contributors presents the latest advances in the science of cognitive development. The authors work at prestigious labs across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, and their diverse linguistic backgrounds permit especially interesting work on language and cognition.

They explore such topics as the role of dopamine in ADHD, the development of self-consciousness and ethics, the use of functional MRI in epilepsy patients, and the crucial role of culture in the development of language. New, converging methodologies derived from behavioral experimentation, electrophysiology, eye tracking, genetics, and neuroimaging studies characterize this research.

Together, the chapters demonstrate a truly international and holistic approach to understanding human cognition and brain development.

Bhoomika Rastogi Kar, PhD, is associate professor at the Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), University of Allahabad. She received her doctorate at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, with Shobini L. Rao as her supervisor in 2003.
 
She has specialized in developmental cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. She has a master's degree in psychology and master's degree in medical and social psychology. She has developed a neuropsychological battery for children (as a part of her doctoral thesis) and has studied the growth patterns of neuropsychological functions of Indian children.
 
Her research interests are cognitive development including normative development of attention and control processes and developmental disorders such as dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Her current projects focus on cognitive and affective control, conflict monitoring, bilingualism, and cognitive control using behavioral and electrophysiological methods such as EEG/ERP.
 
She has published several papers, book chapters, and coedited Advances in Cognitive Science, Volume 2. She has presented her work at International and National Conferences in India and abroad.
 
She has been collaborating with eminent scholars like Michael I. Posner, University of Oregon; Thomas Lachmann, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; Shobini L. Rao, NIMHANS, India; C. Kesavadas, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India; Senthil Kumaran, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India; and Narayanan Srinivasan, CBCS, University of Allahabad, India.
 
She is consultant editor for the International Journal of Mind, Brain and Cognition and is a reviewer for many journals, such as Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychological Studies.