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1. Modularity and Constraints in Language and Cognition

   The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 25

   Edited by Megan R. Gunnar, Michael Maratsos

   Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

   One of the central problems in the study of modern cognition is the degree to which higher cognition is modularized: that is, how much are higher functions carried out by domain-specific, specialized, cognitive subsystems, rather than a highly general cognitive learning and inferring device? To...

   Published August 31st 1992 by Psychology Press
2. Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience

   The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 24

   Edited by Megan R. Gunnar, Charles A. Nelson

   Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

   This volume provides an introduction to current research on the relation between brain development and the development of cognitive, linguistic, motor, and emotional behavior. At least two audiences will benefit from this book: psychologists interested in brain development, and neuroscientists...

   Published November 30th 1991 by Psychology Press
3. Self Processes and Development

   The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 23

   Edited by Megan R. Gunnar, L. Alan Sroufe

   Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

   The study of the self--and the processes associated with the self--are at the cutting edge of research on social and personality development. This volume brings together researchers from diverse theoretical perspectives to address a wide variety of issues associated with self processes including...

   Published November 30th 1990 by Psychology Press
4. Systems and Development

   The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 22

   Edited by Megan R. Gunnar, Esther Thelen

   Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

   This volume covers the 22nd Annual Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology. The theme of the conference was the use of a systematic approach to the study of development. An analysis of systems theory, its applications to the study of development, its benefits, and its drawbacks are considered. The...

   Published January 31st 1989 by Psychology Press
5. Development During the Transition to Adolescence

   The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 21

   Edited by Megan R. Gunnar, W. Andrew Collins

   Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

   Research on the processes of change during the transition from middle childhood to adolescence has been a relatively neglected area of scholarship until recently. This volume, features prominent researchers who provide integrative accounts of their research programs, focusing on processes of...

   Published March 31st 1988 by Psychology Press