Jennifer B. Esty
Teachers
Johnson, M. H. (2005). Developmental cognitive neuroscience: An introduction, 2nd ed.. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Nelson, C. A., de Hann, M., & Thomas, K. M. (2006). Neuroscience of cognitive development: The role of experience and the developing brain. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Both of the cognitive neuroscience books are written by prominent members of the field of cognitive neuroscience. They contain similar information and are reasonably accessible once one has an understanding of basic brain anatomy and physiology.
Larsen, W. J. (1997). Human Embryology, 2nd ed.. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone. This is a standard text in embryology and is well complimented by the visible embryo website.
Students
Bloom, F. E. (2007). Best of the brain from Scientific American. New York, NY: Dana Press. This book is an edited collection of recent articles on the brain and brain science collected from Scientific American magazine. It is accessible to high school students reading at an 8
th
grade reading level or higher.
Healy, J. M. (2004). Your child's growing mind: Brain development and learning from birth to adolescence, 3rd ed.. New York, NY: Broadway Books. This book would be appropriate for students, but I would recommend finding the most applicable excerpts for class readings.
