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Commentary: Becoming social – a commentary on Happé & Frith (2014)
Author(s) -
Nelson Charles A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.12254
Subject(s) - frith , psychology , social neuroscience , nexus (standard) , field (mathematics) , cognitive science , cognitive neuroscience , cognition , developmental cognitive neuroscience , social cognition , neuroscience , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , embedded system
The field of developmental cognitive neuroscience is now established as a discipline at the nexus of the broader fields of developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Sitting in its rear view mirror, but gaining rapidly, is the nascent discipline of developmental social neuroscience. Given the relative youth of this field, it is not surprising that a great deal of energy has gone into generating a rich corpus of empirical data.