Studying the Perception-action System as a Model System for Understanding Development

Studying the Perception-action System as a Model System for Understanding Development, Volume 55, the latest release in the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series, includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the field of development of the perception-action system, with an overarching theme of addressing how the development of the perception-action system is a useful model for understanding both typical and atypical development. Chapters in this latest release include discussions of Perception and Action, Exploration and Selection, and the Acquisition of Skills in Infancy, The Development of Object Fitting: The Dynamics of Spatial Coordination, Developmental Pathways of Change in Perceptual-Motor Learning, Timing Is Almost Everything: How Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances, Vision, Whole Body Coordinations, and the Development of Throwing, Action Errors: A Window into the Early Development of Perception-Action System, Are Different Actions Mediated by Distinct Systems of Knowledge in Infancy and Childhood?, Sensory-Motor Development as a Precursor to Cognition, and A Perception-Action Approach to Those with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Compiles contributions from leaders in research on the perception-action systemContains theoretical contributions in the field of developmental psychologyFills major gap in the literature on this topic INDICE: 1. Perception and Action, Exploration and Selection, and the Acquisition of Skills in Infancy Daniela Corbetta 2. The Development of Object Fitting:  The Dynamics of Spatial Coordination Jeffrey Lockman 3. Developmental Pathways of Change in Perceptual-Motor Learning Karl Newell and Michael Wade 4. Timing Is Almost Everything: How Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances Jodie Plumert and Joseph K. Kearney 5. Vision, Whole Body Coordinations, and the Development of Throwing John Rieser 6. Action Errors: A Window into the Early Development of Perception-Action System Karl Rosengren and Matthew J. Jiang 7. Are Different Actions Mediated by Distinct Systems of Knowledge in Infancy and Childhood? Peter Martin Vishton 8. Sensory-Motor Development as a Precursor to Cognition Claes von Hofsten 9. A Perception-Action Approach to Those with Developmental Coordination Disorder Jill Whitall and Jane Clark

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814763-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés