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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450106903321

Autore

Kagan Jerome

Titolo

Young mind in a growing brain [[electronic resource] /] / Jerome Kagan, Norbert Herschkowitz ; with the collaboration of Elinore Herschkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, NJ, : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005

ISBN

1-282-32678-3

9786612326783

1-4106-1359-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HerschkowitzElinore Chapman

Disciplina

155.4/13

Soggetti

Child psychology

Infant psychology

Brain - Growth

Cognitive neuroscience

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Brain and Behavioral Development; 2 Prenatal Development; 3 Birth to 6 Months; 4 The Second Transition: 7 to 12 Months; 5 The Second Year; 6 2 to 8 Years; 7 Reflections; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience working on a brain that is undergoing significant biological maturation. Experience counts, but only when the brain has developed to the point of being able to process, encode, and interact with these new environmental experiences. This book's aim is to acquaint developmental biologists an