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Informationen zum Autor Margaret McGonigle (AKA Maggie McGonigle and Maggie McGonigle-Chalmers) is a Faculty Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, having retired from her post as Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department in 2012. She has published research articles and book chapters on comparative and developmental cognition, and more recently on cognitive functioning in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, ranging from perceptuo-motor skills to language dysfunction. She is co-editor (and author) on The Complex Mind: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012). Other publications are listed at: http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/affiliated_faculty/maggie_mcGonigle.php Klappentext This student-focused exploration of cognitive development takes an evidence-based approach, exploring both theory and applied research. Ideal for students studying in psychology, health and education departments. Zusammenfassung This student-focused exploration of cognitive development takes an evidence-based approach, exploring both theory and applied research. Ideal for students studying in psychology, health and education departments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Studying how the mind grows Sensory development and visual perception during early infancy Perceptual development during the first year: the multisensory infant Sensorimotor development in infancy: gaining control in a physical environment Sensorimotor development in infancy: the elements of social interaction The emergence of speech The acquisition of word meanings and the dawn of phrase speech The emergence of sentence structure Learning grammar Perceptual development after infancy Perceptual development and recognition memory Memory for scenes, routes and events Understanding and reasoning about categories Understanding and reasoning about time and space Representing other minds and the development of symbolic thought Symbolic reasoning and logicomathematical thinking ...
