The journal publishes theoretical and research papers on cognitive brain development, from infancy through childhood and adolescence and into adulthood. It covers neurocognitive development and neurocognitive processing in both typical and atypical development, including social and affective aspects. Appropriate methodologies for the journal include, but are not limited to, functional neuroimaging (fMRI and MEG), electrophysiology (EEG and ERP), NIRS and transcranial magnetic stimulation, as well as other basic neuroscience approaches using cellular and animal models that directly address cognitive brain development, patient studies, case studies, post-mortem studies and pharmacological studies.

該雜志發表了關于認知大腦發展的理論和研究論文，從嬰兒期到童年和青春期，再到成年。它涵蓋了典型和非典型發育中的神經認知發展和神經認知過程，包括社會和情感方面。合適的雜志的方法包括,但不限于,功能性神經成像(fMRI和梅格),電生理學(EEG和ERP),檢測技術和經顱磁刺激,以及其他基本的神經科學方法直接使用細胞和動物模型,解決認知大腦發育,病人研究、案例研究、事后研究和藥理研究。