發(fā)展神經(jīng)心理學(xué)致力于探索大腦和行為之間的關(guān)系，發(fā)表學(xué)術(shù)論文，研究行為功能的出現(xiàn)和發(fā)展，如語言、感知、社會(huì)、動(dòng)機(jī)和認(rèn)知過程，因?yàn)樗鼈兣c大腦功能和結(jié)構(gòu)有關(guān)。適當(dāng)?shù)目颇堪ㄕJ(rèn)知function-brain結(jié)構(gòu)變化關(guān)系的研究時(shí)期,在正常和腦損傷兒童早期認(rèn)知行為,可塑性和早期腦損傷后的恢復(fù)功能,復(fù)雜的認(rèn)知和運(yùn)動(dòng)技能的發(fā)展,和具體的和非特異性干擾,如學(xué)習(xí)障礙、智力障礙、精神分裂癥、口吃、發(fā)育性失語。在老年學(xué)領(lǐng)域，相關(guān)學(xué)科包括神經(jīng)心理學(xué)分析正常年齡相關(guān)的大腦和行為功能的變化，如感覺、運(yùn)動(dòng)、認(rèn)知和適應(yīng)能力;與年齡有關(guān)的神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病的研究;以及在以后的生活中功能的恢復(fù)。每一期都有實(shí)證研究、研究綜述、案例報(bào)告、評論和書評。通過發(fā)表關(guān)于大腦發(fā)育和衰老的基礎(chǔ)研究和臨床研究，該雜志鼓勵(lì)更多的學(xué)術(shù)工作，促進(jìn)對生命發(fā)育神經(jīng)心理學(xué)領(lǐng)域的理解。

Devoted to exploring relationships between brain and behavior across the life span, Developmental Neuropsychology publishes scholarly papers on the appearance and development of behavioral functions, such as language, perception, and social, motivational and cognitive processes as they relate to brain functions and structures. Appropriate subjects include studies of changes in cognitive function—brain structure relationships across a time period, early cognitive behaviors in normal and brain-damaged children, plasticity and recovery of function after early brain damage, the development of complex cognitive and motor skills, and specific and nonspecific disturbances, such as learning disabilities, mental retardation, schizophrenia, stuttering, and developmental aphasia. In the gerontologic areas, relevant subjects include neuropsychological analyses of normal age-related changes in brain and behavioral functions, such as sensory, motor, cognitive, and adaptive abilities; studies of age-related diseases of the nervous system; and recovery of function in later life. Empirical studies, research reviews, case reports, critical commentaries, and book reviews are featured in each issue. By publishing both basic and clinical studies of the developing and aging brain, the journal encourages additional scholarly work that advances understanding of the field of lifespan developmental neuropsychology.