Infancy Books

New and Published Books

1. Regression Periods in Human infancy

   Edited by Mikael Heimann, Frans X. Plooij

   Regression periods play a central role in the psychological development of the human baby. Studies of infants have identified 10 periods of regression, or a return to a high frequency of mother-infant contact, within the first 20 months of life. These periods of emotional insecurity in the child...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Cognitive Styles in Infancy and Early Childhood (Psychology Revivals)

   By Nathan Kogan

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1976, here is a comprehensive account of the role of cognitive styles in early childhood. The author considers the possible precursors of these styles in infancy, and offers a new classification scheme that helps to clarify the relation of cognitive styles to ability and...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Psychology Press
3. Seeing Babies in a New Light

   The Life of Hanus Papousek

   By Otto Koester, Otto Koester

   Seeing Babies in a New Light: The Life of Hanus Papousek presents the first in-depth examination of the scientific contributions and life of Hanus Papousek (1922-2000), a leading figure in modern infancy research. The aim is to illuminate the research and ideas of this pediatrician and scholar who...

   Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
4. The Psychology of Infancy (Psychology Revivals)

   By Victoria Hazlitt

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1933, this volume was the result of many years’ careful first-hand study of child psychology enriched by the author’s unusually wide experience in dealing with the subject with students. It was intended to follow the development of children from infancy to adolescence, but...

   Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Developmental Variations in Learning

   Applications to Social, Executive Function, Language, and Reading Skills

   Edited by Victoria J. Molfese, Victoria J. Molfese

   Developmental changes in cognitive abilities in childhood have long been of interest to researchers across many fields, including behavioral sciences, communications, education, and medicine. With the publication of research findings showing individual differences in the development of children's...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Psychology Press
6. Individual Development and Evolution

   The Genesis of Novel Behavior

   By Gilbert Gottlieb

   This work is intended to portray the interrelationship of heredity, individual development, and the evolution of species in a way that can be understood by nonspecialists. In striving to offer a straightforward historical exposition of the complex topic of nature and nurture, the author tells the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
7. Representation, Memory, and Development

   Essays in Honor of Jean Mandler

   Edited by Nancy L. Stein, Patricia J. Bauer, Mitchell Rabinowitz, George Mandler

   A festschrift to honor Jean Mandler, this volume contains contributions from leading scholars focusing on the child's development of memory, visual representation, and language. It is appropriate for students and researchers in cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and memory....

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
8. The Development of Social Cognition and Communication

   Edited by Bruce D. Homer, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

   For young children, two of the most important tasks they face are learning how to communicate and learning how to think about themselves and the social world around them. The premise of this book is that these two tasks are inherently linked. The communicative routines and language that children...

   Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
9. Early Experience, the Brain, and Consciousness

   An Historical and Interdisciplinary Synthesis

   By Thomas C. Dalton, Victor W. Bergenn

   This new book examines the interrelationship between neuroscience and developmental science to help us understand how children differ in their capacity to benefit from their early motor and cognitive experiences. In so doing, it helps us better understand how experience affects brain growth and a...

   Published May 29th 2007 by Psychology Press
10. Infant EEG and Event-Related Potentials

    Edited by Michelle de Haan

    Series: Studies in Developmental Psychology

    Infancy is a time of rapid growth, when brain plasticity is at a maximum. Event-related potentials (ERPs) are one of the few methods that can easily and safely be used to study this process, and have led to exciting discoveries about human brain functioning and the neural basis of cognition. Over...

    Published April 4th 2007 by Psychology Press