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    Dec 17, 2025  
American University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
American University Catalog 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC-661 Early Cognitive and Brain Development (3)


Introduction to cognitive development in newborns, infants, and preschool children, including its biological and neural underpinnings. Focuses on topics such as face perception, emotional and social cognition, object cognition, learning, conceptual and language development, and/or the developmental implications of early experiences. When possible, connections are made with questions of clinical relevance, such as early neurodivergent development or the influence of early adverse experiences. Crosslist: PSYC-461 .