Apes, monkeys, children, and the growth of mind
By: Juan Carlos Gómez
Series: The developing child
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Cognition in children; Psychology, Comparative; Primates -- Psychology
Description: "What can the study of young monkeys and apes tell us about the minds of young humans? In this introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances - and differences - between human children and other primates. He argues that primate minds are best understood not as fixed collections of specialized cognitive capacities, but more dynamically, as a range of abilities that can surpass their original adaptations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index