Perceptual and cognitive development
By: edited by Rochel Gelman, Terry Kit-Fong Au.
Contributors: Gelman, Rochel.; Au, Terry Kit-Fong.
Series: Handbook of perception and cognition, 2nd edition; Handbook of perception and cognition (2nd ed.)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Perception.; Cognition.
Description: Perceptual and Cognitive Development illustrates how the developmental approach yields fundamental contributions to our understanding of perception and cognition as a whole. The book discusses how to relate developmental, comparative, and neurological considerations to early learning and development, and it presents fundamental problems in cognition and language, such as the acquisition of a coherent, organized, and shared understanding of concepts and language. Discussions of learning, memory, attention, and problem solving are embedded within specific accounts of the neurological status of developing minds and the nature of knowledge. Key Features * Research advances and theoretical reorientations are updated in the Second Edition; the revision focuses more attention on the cognitive and biological sciences and neuroscience * Illustrates how the developmental approach can yield fundamental contributions to our understanding of perception and cognition as a whole * Discussions of learning, memory, and attention permeate individual chapters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.