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Contains chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication. This title covers mechanisms of cognitive and perceptual development in language acquisition. It includes chapters devoted to neural bases of cognition, motor development, grammar and language rules, and problem solving skills.
List of contents
SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS.
1. Neural Bases of Cognitive Development (Charles A. Nelson, Kathleen M. Thomas and Michelle de Haan).
2. The Infant's Auditory World: Hearing, Speech, and the Beginnings of Language (Jenny R. Saffran, Janet F. Werker and Lynne A. Werner).
3. Infant Visual Perception (Philip J. Kellman and Martha E. Arterberry).
4. Motor Development (Karen E. Adolph and&Sarah E. Berger).
5. Infant Cognition (Leslie B. Cohen and Cara H. Cashon).
SECTION TWO: COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION
6. Acquiring Linguistic Constructions (Michael Tomasello).
7. Early Word Learning (Sandra R. Waxman and Jeffrey L. Lidz).
8. Nonverbal Communication: The Hand's Role in Talking and Thinking (Susan Goldin-Meadow).
SECTION THREE: COGNITIVE PROCESSES.
9. Event Memory (Patricia J. Bauer).
10. Information Processing Approaches to Development (Yuko Munakata).
11. Microgenetic Analysis of Learning (Robert S. Siegler).
12. Cognitive Strategies Michael Pressley and Katherine Hilden).
13. Reasoning and Problem Solving (Graeme S. Halford and Glenda Andrews).
14. Cognitive Science and Cognitive Development (Frank Keil).
15. Culture and Cognitive Development in Phylogenetic, Historical, and Ontogenetic Perspective (Michael Cole).
SECTION FOUR: CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND ACHIEVMENTS.
16. Conceptual Development (Susan A. Gelman and Charles W. Kalish).
17. Development of Spatial Cognition (Nora S. Newcombe and Janellen Huttenlocher)
