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Early development of body representations / edited by Virginia Slaughter and Celia A. Brownell

Brownell, Celia A. ; Slaughter, Virginia

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press [2012], 2012

1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 285 pages) : illustrations

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Early development of body representations. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 (Druck-Ausgabe)

1-139-19029-6 (electronic bk.); 1-139-01948-1 (electronic bk.); 978-1-139-19029-9 (electronic bk.); 978-1-139-01948-4 (electronic bk.)

978-1-139-18539-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-139-18539-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-139-18770-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-139-18770-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-283-37845-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-283-37845-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-521-76382-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-521-76382-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-521-76382-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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LOC-SH: Human body -- Social aspects ; Body image

PSYCHOLOGY ; Developmental ; General ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Child Development ; Body image ; Human body ; Social aspects ; Entwicklungspsychologie ; Körper ; Körpererfahrung ; Electronic books

"Because we engage with the world and each other through our bodies and bodily movements, being able to represent one's own and others' bodies is fundamental to human perception, cognition and behaviour. This edited book brings together, for the first time, developmental perspectives on the growth of body knowledge in infancy and early childhood and how it intersects with other aspects of perception and cognition. The book is organised into three sections addressing the bodily self, the bodies of others and integrating self and other. Topics include perception and representation of the human form, infant imitation, understanding biological motion, self-representation, intention understanding, action production and perception and children's human figure drawings. Each section includes chapters from leading international scholars drawn together by an expert commentary that highlights open questions and directions for future research"--

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"The aim of this series is to provide a scholarly forum for current theoretical and empirical issues in cognitive and perceptual development. As the twenty-first century begins, the field is no longer dominated by monolithic theories. Contemporary explanations build on the combined influences of biological, cultural, contextual and ecological factors in well-defined research domains. In the field of cognitive development, cultural and situational factors are widely recognized as influencing the emergence and forms of reasoning in children. In perceptual development, the field has moved beyond the opposition of 'innate' and 'acquired' to suggest a continuous role for perception in the acquisition of knowledge"--