The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant

Now part of a two-volume set, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Volume 1: Basic Research provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research relating to infant development. Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy Features contributions by leading international researchers and practitioners in the field that reflect the most current theories and research findings Includes editor commentary and analysis to synthesize the material and provide further insight The most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field

J. Gavin Bremner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University. He has investigated perception and cognition in infancy for more than 30 years, and has published numerous papers and books relating to this topic. His current research interests include infants’ perception of object trajectories and infants’ intersensory perception.

Theodore D. Wachs is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He is a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Behavioral Development and the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. His current research focuses on chaotic family environments and infant development; micro-nutrient deficiencies in infancy and cognitive and social-emotional development; and temperament in infancy and childhood.

Preface
Historical Reflections on Intimacy
Basic perceptual and cognitive development
Visual perception
Auditory Development
Intermodal Perception and Selective Attention to Intersensory Redundancy: Implications for Typical Social Development and Autism
Action in Infancy - Perspectives, Concepts, and Challenges
Cognitive Development: Knowledge of the physical world
Perceptual categorisation and concepts
Infant learning and memory
Functional brain development during infancy
Social cognition, communication, and language
Emerging self-concept
The Importance of Imitation for Theories of Social-Cognitive Development
Engaging Minds in the first year: The developing awareness of attention and intention
Preverbal communication
Early language
Social-emotional development
Parent-infant interaction
Attachment in infancy
Early social cognitive skills at play in toddlers' peer interactions
Touch and physical contact during infancy: Discovering the richness of the forgotten sense
Emotion and its development in infancy
Temperament
Culture and infancy
Author Index
Subject Index
Contents of Volume 2: Applied and Policy Issues
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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Volume 1 Basic Research

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