1st Edition
Perceptual Development in Early Infancy Problems & Issues
312 Pages
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Psychology Press
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First published in 1987. This book is not intended to be either a comprehensive reference work or a systematic handbook on perception in infancy. Nor is it another published report of a recently held conference. It is a collection of state-of-the-art essays on perception during the first year or so of infant development. Rather than first choosing the topics and then finding experts to write about... Read more
PART I: HISTORY AND METHODS 1. Problems and Issues in the Study of Perceptual Development in Infancy 2. How to Know What Infants Know: Historical Notes on an Ever-Present Problem 3. Cardiac Change Responses and Attentional Mechanisms in Infants PART II: PERCEPTION OF OBJECTS 4. Visual Size Constancy in Infancy 5. The Origins of Form Perception 6. The Development of Spatial Orientation in Human Infancy: What Changes? 7. The Role of Movement in Object Perception by Infants PART III: BIMODAL PERCEPTION 8. The Development of Auditory-Visual Localization in Infancy 6. The Development of Spatial Orientation in Human Infancy: What Changes? 7. The Role of Movement in Object Perception by Infants PART III: BIMODAL PERCEPTION 8. The Development of Auditory-Visual Localization in Infancy PART V: A CONCLUDING COMMENTARY 12. Perceptual Development in Infancy: Reflections on Some Central Issues
Biography
Beryl E. McKenzie La Trobe University, Ross H. Day Monash University
