{"product_id":"mechanisms-of-cognitive-development-behavioral-and-neural-perspectives-carnegie-mellon-symposia-on-cognition-series-9780805832754","title":"Mechanisms of Cognitive Development Behavioral","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume considers how children's thinking evolves during development, with a focus on the role of experience in causing change. It brings together cutting-edge research by leaders in the psychology and neurobiology of child development to examine the processes by which children learn and those that make children ready and able to learn at particular points in development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Behavioral approaches include research on the microgenesis of cognitive change over short time periods (e.g., several hour-long sessions) in specific task situations. Research on cognitive change over longer time scales (months and years) is also presented, as well as research that uses computational modeling and dynamical systems approaches to understand learning and development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Neural approaches include the study of how neuronal activity and connectivity change during acquisition of cognitive skills in children and adults. Other investigations consider the possible emergence of cognitive abilities through the maturation of brain structures and the effects of experience on the organization of functions in the brain. Developmental anomalies, such as autism and attention deficit disorder are also examined as windows on normal development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Four questions drive the volume:\u003cbr\u003e *Why do cognitive abilities emerge when they do during development? \u003cbr\u003e *What are the sources of developmental and individual differences, and of developmental anomalies in learning? \u003cbr\u003e *What happens in the brain when people learn? \u003cbr\u003e *How can experiences be ordered and timed to optimize learning? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The answers to these questions have strong implications for how we educate children and remediate deficits that have impeded the development of thinking abilities. These implications are explored in several chapters in the volume, as well as in the commentaries by leading discussants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...this book provides a substantial introduction to this new synergy (and as such is well suited as complementary material for advanced courses), it also crucially highlights the necessity of specifying what we mean by cognitive development before we examine the brain in search of it.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfant and Child Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The enthusiasm of this eminent collection of authors is evident, and the book makes for a fascinating if challenging read....The editors are to be congratulated on keeping repetition between chapters to a useful minimum and representing such a broad range of work.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: \u003c\/b\u003ePreface. \u003cb\u003ePart I: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudies of Microgenesis of Cognitive Change: Behavioral Approaches.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. Goldin-Meadow,\u003c\/b\u003e Giving the Mind a Hand: The Role of Gesture in Cognitive Change. \u003cb\u003eR.S. Siegler,\u003c\/b\u003e Children's Discoveries and Brain-Damaged Patients' Rediscoveries. \u003ci\u003eNeuroscience Approaches.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.M. Merzenich,\u003c\/b\u003e Cortical Plasticity Contributing to Child Development. \u003cb\u003eJ.L. McClelland,\u003c\/b\u003e Failures to Learn and Their Remediation: A Hebbian Account. \u003cb\u003eR.J. Haier,\u003c\/b\u003e PET Studies of Learning and Individual Differences. \u003ci\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.W. Stigler,\u003c\/b\u003e Breakthroughs in Using Individual Differences to Study Learning: Comments on Goldin-Meadow, Haier, McClelland, Merzenich, and Siegler. \u003cb\u003ePart II: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudies of Change Over Longer Time Scales: Behavioral Approaches.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Thelen,\u003c\/b\u003e Dynamic Mechanisms of Change in Early Perceptual-Motor Development. \u003cb\u003eR. Case, M.P. Mueller,\u003c\/b\u003e Differentiation, Integration, and Covariance Mapping as Fundamental Processes in Cognitive and Neurological Growth. \u003cb\u003eD. Kuhn,\u003c\/b\u003e Why Development Does (and Does Not) Occur: Evidence From the Domain of Inductive Reasoning. \u003ci\u003eNeuroscience Approaches.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.H. Johnson, M. de Haan,\u003c\/b\u003e Developing Cortical Specialization for Visual-Cognitive Function: The Case of Face Recognition. \u003cb\u003eH.J. Neville, D. Bavelier,\u003c\/b\u003e Variability of Developmental Plasticity. \u003ci\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. Klahr,\u003c\/b\u003e Time Matters in Cognitive Development. \u003cb\u003ePart III: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevelopmental Disorders: Dyslexia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.M. Galaburda, G.D. Rosen,\u003c\/b\u003e Neural Plasticity in Dyslexia: A Window to Mechanisms of Learning Disabilities. \u003ci\u003eAttention Deficit Disorder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eB.J. Casey,\u003c\/b\u003e Disruption of Inhibitory Control in Developmental Disorders: A Mechanistic Model of Implicated Frontostriatal Circuitry. \u003ci\u003eAutism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eP.A. Carpenter, M.A. Just, T. Keller, V. Cherkassky, J.K. Roth, N. Minshew,\u003c\/b\u003e Dynamic Cortical Systems Subserving Cognition: fMRI Studies With Typical and Atypical Individuals. \u003ci\u003eConcluding Commentary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.I. Posner,\u003c\/b\u003e Education on the Human Brain: A Commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405648535895,"sku":"9780805832754","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mechanisms-of-cognitive-development-behavioral-and-neural-perspectives-carnegie-mellon-symposia-on-cognition-series-9780805832754","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}