Developmental Concepts Unique to Infants and Young Children

The cognitive and social emotional development of infants and very young children has unique features. This age range is associated with less differentiation of some functional areas, the presence of early developmental constructs that are less dominant than in older children, and an increased variability of performance compared to older children. Understanding the critical precursor behaviours during these early years allows the neuropsychologist to generate early predictions about later patterns of strength and weakness, for example, in attention, memory, and executive function domains