發展神經心理學致力于探索大腦和行為之間的關系，發表學術論文，研究行為功能的出現和發展，如語言、感知、社會、動機和認知過程，因為它們與大腦功能和結構有關。適當的科目包括認知function-brain結構變化關系的研究時期,在正常和腦損傷兒童早期認知行為,可塑性和早期腦損傷后的恢復功能,復雜的認知和運動技能的發展,和具體的和非特異性干擾,如學習障礙、智力障礙、精神分裂癥、口吃、發育性失語。在老年學領域，相關學科包括神經心理學分析正常年齡相關的大腦和行為功能的變化，如感覺、運動、認知和適應能力;與年齡有關的神經系統疾病的研究;以及在以后的生活中功能的恢復。每一期都有實證研究、研究綜述、案例報告、評論和書評。通過發表關于大腦發育和衰老的基礎研究和臨床研究，該雜志鼓勵更多的學術工作，促進對生命發育神經心理學領域的理解。

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.