Title: Development of perception in infancy : the cradle of knowledge revisited /
Authors: Arterberry, Martha E.,; Arterberry, Martha E.; Kellman, Philip J.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Perception in infants.; Perception in infants; Perception; Infant; Child Development
Abstract: The developing infant can accomplish all important perceptual tasks that an adult can, albeit with less skill or precision. Through infant perception research, infant responses to experiences enable researchers to reveal perceptual competence, test hypotheses about processes, and infer neural mechanisms, and researchers are able to address age-old questions about perception and the origins of knowledge. In Development of Perception in Infancy: The Cradle of Knowledge Revisited, Martha E. Arterberry and Philip J. Kellman study the methods and data of scientific research on infant perception, introducing and analyzing topics (such as space, pattern, object, and motion perception) through philosophical, theoretical, and historical contexts. Infant perception research is placed in a philosophical context by addressing the abilities with which humans appear to be born, those that appear to emerge due to experience, and the interaction of the two.^
Contents: Preface -- Views of perception and perceptual development -- Physiological and sensory foundations of perceptual development -- Space perception -- Pattern perception -- Object perception -- Motion and event perception -- Auditory perception -- Intermodal perception -- Perception and action -- Perceptual foundations of social development -- Perceptual foundations of cognitive development -- Themes and applications -- References -- Index.