This book shows how, and in what ways, prenatal development serves as a preparation for life after birth. Largely, such explanation stemming from the transnatal continuity theory has been ignored in mainstream developmental psychology. However, since the advent of real-time ultrasonography with humans, and increasingly refined experiements with avian and mammalian species, plausible scenarios linking prenatal and postnatal development are beginning to emerge. One is the theory of fetal programming. Here, the authors provide authoritative reviews of current knowledge regarding continuities...
This book shows how, and in what ways, prenatal development serves as a preparation for life after birth. Largely, such explanation stemming from t...
This is part of a series of integrative work by infancy researchers of both humans and animals. The articles seek to serve as references on programmatic series of studies, critical correlations of diverse data that yield to a common theme, and constructive attacks on old issues.
This is part of a series of integrative work by infancy researchers of both humans and animals. The articles seek to serve as references on programmat...
The articles appearing here serve as primary references of authors' programmatic studies, providing a forum for new technological and methodological developments, or new integrations that have the potential of influencing the theoretical and research perspectives of others who study infant behavior and development. This volume is dedicated to a Eleanor E. Maccoby, a major contemporary researcher whose contributions and insights in the field of infant behavior and development have been of great importance and whose work has inspired the research of others.
The articles appearing here serve as primary references of authors' programmatic studies, providing a forum for new technological and methodologica...
The study of visual development has proceeded at a rapid pace in recent years, and there have been theoretical and methodological innovations across a wide range of disciplines. This book brings together some of the most recent innovations from a neurobiological perspective. Chapters cover the pre- to postnatal development of vision, new insights into the concept of critical periods, object and face recognition, as well as dynamic perception and visual recognition memory in infants. The volume finishes with a detailed overview of the development of visual functions from the perspective of...
The study of visual development has proceeded at a rapid pace in recent years, and there have been theoretical and methodological innovations across a...
The latest volume in the series continues to include outstanding integrative work by infancy researchers, offering substantive findings and new views of the developing and behaving infant. Acidic paper. Price to individuals $32.50. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The latest volume in the series continues to include outstanding integrative work by infancy researchers, offering substantive findings and new views ...
