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Informationen zum Autor Gavin Bremner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University. He has investigated perception and cognition in infancy for more than 30 years, and has published numerous papers and books relating to this topic. His current research interests include infants' perception of object trajectories and infants' intersensory perception. Theodore D. Wachs is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Behavioral Development and the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology . His current research focuses on chaotic family environments and infant development; micro-nutrient deficiencies in infancy and cognitive and social-emotional development; and temperament in infancy and childhood. Klappentext Now in two volumes, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research and applied and policy issues relating to infant development* Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy* Features contributions by leading international researchers and practitioners in the field that reflect the most current theories and research findings* Includes editor commentary and analysis to synthesize the material and provide further insight* The most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field Zusammenfassung Now in two volumes, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research and applied and policy issues relating to infant development* Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy* Features contributions by leading international researchers and practitioners in the field that reflect the most current theories and research findings* Includes editor commentary and analysis to synthesize the material and provide further insight* The most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ( Gavin Bremner and Theodore D. Wachs ). VOLUME I: BASIC RESEARCH. Chapter 1: Historical Reflections on Intimacy ( Alan Fogel, University of Utah ). Part I: Basic perceptual and cognitive development. Chapter 2: Visual perception ( Alan Slater, Washington Singer Laboratories, Patricia Riddell, University of Reading, Paul C. Quinn, University of Delaware, Olivier Pascalis, University of Sheffield, Kang Lee, University of Toronto, and David J. Kelly, University of Glasgow ). Chapter 3: Auditory Development ( Denis Burnham, University of Western Sydney, and Karen Mattock, Lancaster University ). Chapter 4: Intermodal Perception and Selective Attention to Intersensory Redundancy: Implications for Typical Social Development and Autism ( Lorraine E. Bahrick, Florida International University ). Chapter 5: Action in Infancy - Perspectives, Concepts, and Challenges ( Ad Smitsman, Radboud University, and Daniela Corbetta, University of Tennessee ). Chapter 6: Cognitive Development: Knowledge of the physical world ( Gavin Bremner, Lancaster University ). Chapter 7: Perceptual categorisation and concepts ( David H. Rakison, Carnegie Mellon University ). Chapter 8: Infant learning and memory ( Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Rutgers University, and Rachel Barr, Georgetown University ). Chapter 9: Functional brain development during infancy ( Mark H. Johnson, Birkbeck College, University of London ). Part II: Social cognition, communication, and l...
