Visual and Motor Cognition in Infants and Children

ISBN-13: 9780367220686 / Twarda / 2024 / 256 str.

Christiane Lange-Kuttner

Opis

This insightful book offers an accessible introduction to the development of visual abilities and motor skills in infants and children. Based on theory and cutting-edge up-to-date research about the development of non-verbal intelligence, it provides readers with essential knowledge about the foundations of typical and atypical development. 

Recenzje

'A comprehensive synthesis of classic theory and cutting-edge research, Visual and Motor Cognition in Infants and Children: What Develops and What Stays the Same is a one-stop shop for novice and expert researchers alike. Lange-Küttner’s clear and thorough descriptions are a boon to the field'.

Professor Stuart Marcovitch, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

'The book Visual and Motor Cognition in Infants and Children: What Develops and What Stays the Same ties together the development of visual, motor, and spatial cognition in the child: a very much needed endeavour, in the perspective of a unified science of cognitive development'.

Professor Sergio Morra, Università di Genova, Italy

Spis treści

PART 1: Visual and Motor Cognition in Infants and Children – What Develops and What Stays the Same

1. Historical Theories on Movement and Visual abilities in Children

2. Recent Theories on Movement and Visual abilities in Children

3. The A-not-B Task

4. Motor Development

5. Drawing and Writing Development

6. Visual Search in Children

7. Visual Memory Development in Children

PART 2: Visual and Motor Skills in Children with Developmental Problems

8. Motor and Visual Abilities in ADHD

9. Motor and Visual Abilities in ASD

10. Dyspraxia and Motor Coordination Disorder

O autorze

Christiane Lange-Küttner is a senior scientist who investigates spatial concepts and special needs of children. She currently works as research project lead for inclusive education at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Bamberg and as associate faculty at the University of Bremen. She is adjunct associate professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Chris was a post-doc research fellow in the Cognitive Science Lab at the Dept. of Experimental Psychology of the Free University of Berlin. She then became faculty in the Psychology Departments of the University of Aberdeen and London Metropolitan University, UK, and worked as professor at the Universities of Konstanz and Greifswald, Germany.