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This fascinating book outlines an approach to the development of expressive and communicative behaviour from early infancy to the onset of single word utterances. It offers exciting insights into the precursors of speech and will be of interest to researchers and students of psychology, linguistics and animal behaviour biology.

This unique edited volume presents a coherent view of how infants and children perceive and think about the human body. The book's international authorship and the emphasis on bridging and integration will make it an essential resource for researchers, students and practitioners interested in this rapidly emerging field.

Scientific advances in the study of imitation at multiple levels have far-reaching implications for cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolutionary and developmental psychology. This 2002 volume provides a summary of the research on imitation in both Europe and America, including work on infants, adults, and nonhuman primates, with speculations about robotics.

The development of reading is a key topic in establishing meaningful links between brain sciences and education. This book illuminates why reading disorders have been hard to identify and what the future holds for relating mind, brain and education to understanding reading difficulties.

A fascinating contribution to developmental, cognitive and educational science by bringing together uniquely diverse perspectives for analysing the dynamics of change. Chapters cover key theories of cognitive change, the factors that affect change including neurological, emotional and socio-cultural factors and the latest methods for measuring and modelling change.

This unique edited volume presents a coherent view of how infants and children perceive and think about the human body. The book's international authorship and the emphasis on bridging and integration will make it an essential resource for researchers, students and practitioners interested in this rapidly emerging field.

A fascinating contribution to developmental, cognitive and educational science by bringing together uniquely diverse perspectives for analysing the dynamics of change. Chapters cover key theories of cognitive change, the factors that affect change including neurological, emotional and socio-cultural factors and the latest methods for measuring and modelling change.

First published in 1999, this book brings together the extensive modern evidence for an innate capacity to imitate in babies, research into which has had a controversial history. Leading researchers review the major explanations for imitation and its purpose and highlight its role in cultural transmission and pre-verbal communication.

Presenting an in-depth examination of children's understanding of biology and health and using research to examine whether children are capable of basic theorising in these areas, this book will appeal to advanced level students, academics and professionals in child health, welfare and education.

Egocentric spatial language uses coordinates in relation to our body to talk about small-scale space ('put the knife on the right of the plate and the fork on the left'), while geocentric spatial language uses geographic coordinates ('put the knife to the east, and the fork to the west'). How do children learn to use geocentric language? And why do geocentric spatial references sound strange in English when they are standard practice in other languages? This book studies child development in Bali, India, Nepal, and Switzerland and explores how children learn to use a geocentric frame both when speaking and performing non-verbal cognitive tasks (such as remembering locations and directions). The authors examine how these skills develop with age, look at the socio-cultural contexts in which the learning takes place, and explore the ecological, cultural, social, and linguistic conditions that favor the use of a geocentric frame of reference.

This book presents a new process-orientated view of development and learning based on recent innovations in psychology research. Instead of characterising abilities at different ages, researchers investigate processes of development and learning that evolve through time and explain what enables progress in them.

This book presents a new process-orientated view of development and learning based on recent innovations in psychology research. Instead of characterising abilities at different ages, researchers investigate processes of development and learning that evolve through time and explain what enables progress in them.

The development of reading is a key topic in establishing meaningful links between brain sciences and education. This book illuminates why reading disorders have been hard to identify and what the future holds for relating mind, brain and education to understanding reading difficulties.

Brings a unique cross-linguistic perspective to our understanding of how children learn to read and write in different languages and scripts which vary from each other in important ways. It includes chapters on the speed with which children learn to read and spell and the strategies they adopt when learning.

Half A Brain Is Enough is the story of Nico, who at the age of three was given a right hemispherectomy. Antonio Battro charts Nico's 'neuroeducation' with humour and compassion in an intriguing book, part case history, part meditation on the nature of consciousness and the brain, and part manifesto.

Presenting an in-depth examination of children's understanding of biology and health and using research to examine whether children are capable of basic theorising in these areas, this book will appeal to advanced level students, academics and professionals in child health, welfare and education.

Between Culture and Biology brings together biological, psychological and cultural perspectives on development. It argues that the biological bases of behaviour and cultural context should be approached in an integrated fashion to properly understand ontogenetic development and that both the cultural and biological demain provide constraints and opportunities for development.

Brings a unique cross-linguistic perspective to our understanding of how children learn to read and write in different languages and scripts which vary from each other in important ways. It includes chapters on the speed with which children learn to read and spell and the strategies they adopt when learning.

Scientific advances in the study of imitation at multiple levels have far-reaching implications for cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolutionary and developmental psychology. This 2002 volume provides a summary of the research on imitation in both Europe and America, including work on infants, adults, and nonhuman primates, with speculations about robotics.

Between Culture and Biology brings together biological, psychological and cultural perspectives on development. It argues that the biological bases of behaviour and cultural context should be approached in an integrated fashion to properly understand ontogenetic development and that both the cultural and biological demain provide constraints and opportunities for development.

This book, first published in 2000, is about children's learning and problem-solving behaviour, and addresses the ways in which interactions between children influence learning outcomes. It describes a series of experiments conducted with groups of school children by the authors. The findings have implications for classroom practice and the understanding of the learning process.