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Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction | |
The Comparative Approach in Developmental Biopsychology | |
Contemporary Isues in Developmental Biopsychology | |
Significance | |
References | |
Continuity and Discontinuity in Development | |
Temperament | |
Inhibited and Uninhibited Children | |
Preserveration of Behavior | |
Types or Continuum? | |
Psychological Correlates of Inhibited and Uninhibited Temperaments | |
Prediction of Inhibited and Uninhibited Temperaments from Infancy | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
Uptight and Laid-Back Monkeys: Individual Differences in the Response to Social Challenges | |
The Rhesus Monkey as a Model for Social Development | |
Developmental Differences in Coping with Social Changes and Challenges | |
Individual Differences in Biobehavioral Responses to Brief | |
Research on Cross-Fostering | |
References | |
Theoretical Issues in Investigating Intellectual Plasticity | |
A Statement of the Problem | |
Empirical Evidence | |
Theoretical Explanations | |
Observations from Behavioral Genetics | |
Observation #1 | |
Observation #2 | |
Observation #3 | |
Observation #4 | |
A Proposed Solution | |
Proposition #1 | |
Proposition #2: | |
Proposition #3 | |
Insights from Family Research Data | |
Enhancing vs. Delaying Environmental Events | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
Perception, Cognition, and the Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Emergence of Human Speech | |
The Development of Vocal Communication | |
The Phenomenon of Categorical Perception | |
Comparative Studies On Speech Perception | |
Infants' Perception of Speech: Beyond Categorical Perception? | |
Talker Normalization | |
Speech Prototypes | |
Cross-Modal Speech Perception | |
Vocal Imitation | |
Do Animals' Abilities Extend beyond Categorical Perception? | |
Discussion | |
References | |
The Instinct for Vocal Learning: Songbirds | |
Preferences in Song Learning | |
Auditory Templates for Song | |
Plans for Motor Development | |
Steps in Learning to Sing: Sensitive Periods | |
Species Differences in Inventiveness and Creativity | |
The Implication of Species Differences in Song Learning | |
References | |
Plasticity of Cortical Development | |
Objectives | |
Cortical Organization between and within Species | |
Experimental Studies of Cortical Organization | |
Sublayer-Specific Projections of Cortical Neurons | |
Development of the Cortex | |
Neurogenesis | |
Migration of Neuroblasts | |
Constraints on Migration Patterns | |
Ontogenetic Columns | |
Experimental Manipulation of the Development of Ocular Dominance Columns in Area 17 | |
References | |
Epilogue | |
Name Index | |
Subject Index | |
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