Current Issues in Developmental Psychology: Biopsychological Perspectives

by Kalverboer, Alex Fedde

• ISBN13: 9780792359838
• ISBN10: 0792359836
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER

Summary

This book offers a contemporary review, methodologically and theoretically, of some basic issues in early human brain-behaviour development. It presents updated reviews of the 'state of the art' in research on a number of core issues in developmental biopsychology, written by distinguished scientists. The focus is on the biological basis of early functional development in the human, in particular with respect to: state organisation, motor control, perception of sound and speech, visual attention and social interaction. Attention is paid to normal development as well as to deviance and early risk factors. The volume can be seen as a key reference for researchers in developmental neuropsychology and developmental biopsychology, neuropaediatrics, biology etc., and for interested scientists in these and related fields.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
New approaches to the study of mother-infant interactions: The case of child abuse	1	(26)
M.L. Genta
Early integration of experience: The interplay of nature and culture	27	(26)
H. Papousek
M. Papousek
L.S. Koester
Changes of sleep states and physiological activities across the first year of life	53	(22)
P. Salzarulo
I. Fagioli
Motor development: Structure-function relationships during early neuro-ontogeny	75	(32)
A. Gramsbergen
The development of movement control and coordination: An introduction to direct perception, dynamic systems and the natural physical perspective	107	(30)
G. Savelsbergh
R. Wimmers
J. van der Kamp
K. Davids
Perception of sound, rhythm and speech from pre-natal to post-natal life	137	(24)
G. Giovanelli
A. Sansavini
A. Farneti
Early development and the risk for neurobehavioural disorder: New approaches exemplified by the ``Visual Attention/ADHD'' issue	161	(16)
A.F. Kalverboer
Contributors	177	(2)
Index	179