Neurodevelopment and neurodiversity
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Neurodevelopment refers to the brain’s development of neurological pathways that influence performance or functioning. Atypical development of the brain can have an impact on a range of cognitive and motor functions, often influencing learning and memory, attention, emotions, as well as an individual’s ability to socialize and maintain self-control. The concept of neurodiversity has been developed to improve awareness and inclusion of people with neurodevelopmental disorders, while promoting the idea that neurological differences reflect normal variations in brain development.
This Collection welcomes evidence-based studies in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience, reporting empirical research on neurodevelopment, neurodevelopmental conditions, and neurodiversity.
Editors
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Renáta Cserjési, PhD
Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
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Masahiro Hirai, PhD
Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Japan
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Pierluigi Zoccolotti, PhD
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Renata Cserjesi, PhD, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Renata Cserjesi is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychology of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. She holds PhD titles in medical sciences from Pécs University, and in psychology from Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve. Her research interests centre around the relationship between emotional and neuropsychological processes, how their discrepancy can be related to certain psychological and neurodevelopmental problems. Dr. Cserjesi has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.
Masahiro Hirai, PhD, Nagoya University, Japan
Masahiro Hirai is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University. His research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying social cognition in typical and atypical developing children. Dr. Hirai has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.
Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Pierluigi Zoccolotti has been a full professor of General Psychology in the Department of Psychology of the Sapienza University of Rome. Over the years, his research interests spanned various areas of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, including human lateralization, visuospatial neglect, and attentional disturbances in patients with vascular or traumatic brain lesions. Since the late 90’s, his research has focused on developmental reading and spelling deficits. Dr Zoccolotti has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.
