What babies know core knowledge and composition : Volume 1 / Elizabeth S. Spelke.
| Author/creator | Spelke, Elizabeth, 1949- |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford Universsity Press, [2022] |
| Description | xxviii, 532 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford cognitive development series |
| Contents | Volume 1. -- Core knowledge and compostition. |
| Abstract | "What do infants know, and how does the knowledge that they begin with prepare them for learning about the particular physical, cultural, and social world in which they live? Answers to this question shed light not only on infants but on children and adults in all cultures, because the core knowledge possessed by infants never goes away. Instead, it underlies the unspoken, common sense knowledge of people of all ages, in all societies. By studying babies, researchers gain insights into infants themselves, into older children's prodigious capacities for learning, and into some of the unconscious assumptions that guide our thoughts and actions as adults. To share these insights, Spelke distils the findings from research in developmental, comparative, and cognitive psychology, with excursions into studies of animal cognition in psychology and in systems and cognitive neuroscience, and studies in the computational cognitive sciences. Weaving across these disciplines, she paints a picture of what young infants know, and what they quickly come to learn, about objects, places, number, geometry, and people's actions, social engagements, and mental states"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-516) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022000245 |
| ISBN | 9780190618247 (v. 1 ; hardback) |
| ISBN | (v. 1 ; epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |