Cognitive Development

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Children think in a different way to adults. They also think differently at different ages. This book, originally published in 1984, studies the growth of those processes by means of which thinking evolves from infancy through childhood and adolescence into adulthood...

This book presents a unique attempt to address issues of working memory by establishing a dialogue between neo-Piagetian theorists and researchers specialized in typical and atypical working memory development...

Cognitive Development from a Strategy Perspective recognises the outstanding scientific legacy of Robert S. Siegler as a pioneer of modern research on cognitive development throughout the lifespan. The volume presents a collection of essays written by leading scholars in the field, using cutting-edg..

This book details ways in which cognitive development researchers partner with museum practitioners. It illustrates cutting-edge developmental science, but also considers how their interactions affect research outcomes and provide insight to practitioners’ questions...

Originally published in 1976, here is a comprehensive account of the role of cognitive styles in early childhood. The author considers the possible precursors of these styles in infancy, and offers a new classification scheme that helps to clarify the relation of cognitive styles to ability and inte..

Children’s pre-instructional conceptions of the physical world are a far cry from the received wisdom of science; despite their lack of orthodoxy, children’s conceptions carry a definite sense of causal mechanism. This sense of mechanism is the focal concern of this book, first published in 1998...

Cognitive development in children is a highly complex process which, while remarkably resilient, can be disrupted in a variety of ways. This volume focuses on two types of neurodevelopmental disorder: syndromic conditions, such as fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and Velocardiofa..

Cognitive development in children is a highly complex process which, while remarkably resilient, can be disrupted in a variety of ways. This volume focuses on two types of neurodevelopmental disorder: syndromic conditions, such as fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and Velocardiofa..

How children’s thinking develops and how it can be developed in education are among the most important questions in psychology. Originally published in 1983, each chapter in this book addresses itself to major issues in the area and the advances that were being made at the time...

First published in English in 1969, the book opens with a chapter by Pierre Oléron on intellectual activities. It describes typical methods and essential results obtained by relevant experiments. _x005F_x000D_ There are two chapters by Jean Piaget and his collaborator Bärbel Inhelder. The first, on ..

This volume assembles several years of research on the processing of gaze information and its relationship to early social-cognitive development in infants spanning many age groups. It examines how humans and non-human primates use another individualR..