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

• Autore: Kagan Jerome
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, NJ, : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.4/13
• Soggetto topico: Child psychology; Infant psychology; Brain - Growth; Cognitive neuroscience
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HerschkowitzElinore Chapman
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Young mind in a growing brain
• ISBN: 1-282-32678-3; 9786612326783; 1-4106-1359-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450106903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II