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Cognitive Development and Working Memory

A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

Cognitive Development and Working Memory
  • Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, and Vinciane Gaillard.

Published November 2010

The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book…
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Art and Human Development

Art and Human Development
  • Edited by Constance Milbrath, and Cynthia Lightfoot.

Published November 2009

This interdisciplinary volume explores art, its development, and its role in the construction of knowledge. Presenting theory and research on artistic development as a cultural and creative endeavor, contributors examine the origins of human art during the Paleolithic cultural revolution, as part…
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A Clinician's Guide to Normal Cognitive Development in Childhood

A Clinician's Guide to Normal Cognitive Development in Childhood
  • Edited by Elisabeth Hollister Sandberg, and Becky L. Spritz.

Published November 2009

Clinicians and practitioners-in-training can often lose sight of the normal developmental landscape that underlies behavior, especially in the field of cognitive development. It exists in an insular bubble within the broader field of psychology, and within each sub-domain there is a wide continuum…
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The Development of Autobiographical Memory

The Development of Autobiographical Memory
  • By Hans J. Markowitsch, and Harald Welzer.

Published October 2009

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality, giving us the ability to distinguish ourselves as an individual with a past, present and future. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, an integrated personality and an autobiographical memory are all…
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The Development and Structure of Conscience

The Development and Structure of Conscience
  • Edited by Willem Koops, Daniel Brugman, Tamara J. Ferguson and Andries F. Sanders.

Published September 2009

This book focuses on the structure and development of conscience, a subject that has been dominant in developmental psychology since the 18th century. International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the…
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Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Edited by Philip David Zelazo, Michael Chandler and Eveline Crone.

Published September 2009

This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born…
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How Children Learn to Read

Current Issues and New Directions in the Integration of Cognition, Neurobiology and Genetics of Reading and Dyslexia Research and Practice

How Children Learn to Read
  • Edited by Ken Pugh, and Peggy McCardle.

Published May 2009

This book brings together in one volume information about the neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral bases of reading and reading disabilities. In recent years, research on assessment and treatment of reading disability (dyslexia) has become a magnet for the application of new techniques and…
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Vygotsky at Work and Play

Vygotsky at Work and Play
  • By Lois Holzman.

Published December 2008

Vygotsky at Work and Play relates the discoveries and insights of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky to ordinary people and their communities. The author—working with her intellectual partner Fred Newman—has advanced a unique performance-based methodology of development and learning that draws upon…
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Developmental Co-construction of Cognition

A Special Issue of European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Developmental Co-construction of Cognition
  • Edited by Christine Sorsana.

Published October 2008

Since the 1970s, a great number of experimental and ethnomethodological studies have brought out the fact that social interaction influences cognitive development. However, two major questions remain: what is the true nature of this influence and what are the most relevant methods to catch it? The…
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