Cognitive Development The Learning Brain

Name: Cognitive Development The Learning Brain
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ISBN: 9781841695310

ISBN-10: 1841695319

ISBN-13: 9781841695310

Edition: 2008

Authors: Usha Goswami

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This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the bestselling Cognition in Children. The textbook has been rewritten from the perspective of brain science to include completely new chapters on social cognition, language acquisition and school-based learning. All chapters now include sections showing how new discoveries in cognitive neuroscience force us to reconsider traditional theories of cognitive development. The book therefore offers a new framework for thinking about cognition development, based on learning and the brain.This valuable textbook is essential reading for teachers and students of developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as education, language and the learning…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Infancy: The physical world 1



Infancy: The physical world 2



Infancy: The psychological world



Conceptual development and the biological world



Language acquisition



The central role of causal reasoning



Social cognition, mental representation, and theory of mind



The development of memory



Metacognition, reasoning, and executive function



Reading and mathematical development



Theories of cognitive development


References


Author index


Subject index