Biology and Cognitive Development

H. Johnson, Mark

ISBN 10: 0631174540 / ISBN 13: 9780631174547

Published by WileyBlackwell, 1991

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Cover and edges show light shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact. Pencil markings on title page. Seller Inventory # mon0002877809

Bibliographic Details

Title: Biology and Cognitive Development

Publisher: WileyBlackwell

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis:

In this book, the authors attempt to show how a cognitive account of development can be derived from a biological basis, using the example of the development of face recognition. While some research has indicated that newborn infants possess information about the general characteristics of faces, teh majority of studies indicate that infants may take several months before they respond selectively to faces. Mark Johnson and John Marton examine the results of their own replication and extension of both sets of findings.

Biology and Cognitive Development offers an important new theory of the development of face recognition and what it can tell us about the interaction between nature and nurture.

About the Author:

Mark Johnson obtained his degree in Psychology from Edinburgh University and his PhD from the Zoology Department at Cambridge Development Unit, before recently taking up an appointment as Associate Professo of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

John Morton came to London in 1985 to head the new MRC Cognitive DEvelopment Unit. In addition to his work on infant face recognition, he also works on child witnesses and reading acquisition. He is also a regular contributor to All in the Mind on Radio 4.