Critical thinking about critical periods
By: edited by by Donald B. Bailey ... [et al.].
Contributors: Bailey, Donald B.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Critical periods (Biology); Developmental neurobiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Critical periods: an overview of behavior and biology. A critical and sensitive period primer / John T. Bruer; title: Developmental neurobiology overview: synapses, circuits, and plasticity / Jeff W. Lichtman; title: Critical periods in basic sensory systems. Critical periods in the development of the visual system / Jonathan C. Horton; title: Critical periods for development of visual acuity, depth perception, and eye tracking / Lawrence Tychsen; title: Critical periods in social and emotional development. Sensitive periods in attachment? / Ross A Thompson; title: Animal models of critical and sensitive periods in social and emotional development / Maria L. Boccia and Cort Pedersen; title: Social and emotional development in children adopted from institutions / Elinor W. Ames and Kim Chisholm; title: Critical periods in language learning and acquisition. Language processing: how experience affects brain organization / Helen J. Neville and J.T. Bruer; title: Sensitive periods in first language acquisition / Heather Bortfeld and Grover J. Whitehurst; title: A critical period for second language acquisition? / Kenji Hakuta; title: Early intervention and the relevance of critical periods. The subtle science of how experience affects the brain / J.T. Bruer and William T. Greenough; title: Critical periods and early intervention / Dale C. Farran; title: The concept of critical periods and their implications for early childhood services / Robert B. McCall and Branford W. Plemons; title: Critical periods: reflections and future directions / Donald B. Bailey, Jr., and Frank J. Symons.