Discussing different paradigms and approaches in infant language and cognition, this title combines methods, introduces fresh measures, and demonstrates the use of technologies and measurement approaches that can inform the study of word learning and categorization, gaze, attention, gesture, and physiological functions.

The papers presented in this volume, written by active and well- known researchers, discuss experimental research that has validated the importance of infancy in individual development over the age continuum.

In addition, a diverse overview section contains informative chapters on conceptual models for individual differences during infancy including:

individual differences from the perspective of dynamical systems theory

the logic of behavioral genetic designs and their use in the delineation of genetic contributions to individual differences

coverage of basic statistical...