From Action to Cognition (Progress in Brain Research): Volume 164 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444530169 ISBN 13: 9780444530165

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2007

Synopsis

Extensive neurophysiological and neuropsychological evidence show that perception, action, and cognition are closely related in the brain and develop in parallel to one another. Thus, perception, cognition, and social functioning are all anchored in the actions of the child. Actions reflect the motives, the problems to be solved, and the constraints and possibilities of the child’s body and sensory-motor system. The developing brain accumulates experiences, which it translates into knowledge used in planning future actions. Such knowledge is available because events are governed by rules and regulations. The present volume discusses all these aspects of how action and cognition are related in development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444530169
• ISBN 13: 9780444530165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 466
• Editor: Von Hofsten Claes, Rosander Kerstin