A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience working on a brain that is undergoing significant biological maturation. Experience counts, but only when the brain has developed to the point of being able to process, encode, and interact with these new environmental experiences. This book's aim is to acquaint developmental biologists and neuroscientists with what has been learned about human psychological development and to acquaint developmental psychologists with the biological evidence. The hope is that each group will gain a richer appreciation of both knowledge corpora. The authors hope to appeal to neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and their students. The idea for this book was born in 1993 when the authors--a leading developmental psychologist and a pediatrician--met for the first time and recognized the complementarity of their backgrounds and the utility of a collaboration. The reception of their first two papers motivated this attempt to synthesize the available information over a longer developmental era. Learning a great deal over the past decade, the authors hope that their enthusiasm provokes an equally intense curiosity in readers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN-13
9780805854251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94598595
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Developmental Psychology
Author
Norbert Herschkowitz, Jerome Kagan
Publication Name
A Young Mind in a Growing Brain
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jerome Kagan, Norbert Herschkowitz
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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