2 GIBSON behavioral biologists inspired by Darwin, such as Romanes; by the baby
biographers a little later; and by pioneer psychologists such as G. Stanley Hall. It has been …

Although debates continue, studies of cognition in infancy suggest that knowledge begins to
emerge early in life and constitutes part of humans' innate endowment. Early-develo** …

In den letzten Jahren hat sich in der Säuglingsforschung eine geradezu revolutionäre
Umwälzung vollzogen. Mit neuartigen Methoden und Fragestellungen sind …

Discusses general conceptual growth, with special emphasis on the contributions of Piaget.
Other areas discussed—including social cognition, perception, and memory—are based …

The means used by young children to control their own emotions has received scant
attention in the developmental literature. However, this competency represents an important …

Scientists and philosophers have searched for centuries for a parsimonious answer to the
question of what constitutes beauty. We approached this problem from both an evolutionary …

The essential nature of learning is primarily thought of as a verbal process or function, but
this notion conveys that pre-linguistic infants do not learn. Far from being" blank slates" that …

Experiments with young infants provide evidence for early develo** capacities to
represent physical objects and to reason about object motion. Early physical reasoning …

The speech register used by adults with infants and young children, known as motherese, is
linguistically simplified and characterized by high pitch and exaggerated intonation. This …

Sensation and perception are fascinating topics, yet a major gap often separates the
richness of our perceptual experiences and the pallid, academic discussion of these …