Infant Perception: From Sensation to Cognition

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume I

Part A: Objects and Space

Chapter 1: An Approach to the Study of Infant Space Perception

I. Introduction

II. Stimulus Convergence and the Representation of Space

III. Response Convergence and the Representation of Space

IV. Summary and Conclusions

References

Chapter 2: Infant Perception of the Third Dimension and Object Concept Development

I. Introduction

II. Perception of the Third Dimension

III. Development of the Object Concept

References

Chapter 3: Recent Studies Based on Piaget's View of Object Concept Development

I. Introduction

II. Piaget's Theory of the Construction of the Object Concept

III. Psychometric Studies of Object Concept Development

IV. Studies Focused on Piaget's Theory

V. Conclusion

References

Chapter 4: Infant's Social Perception: A Constructivist View

I. Alternative Perspectives

II. Social Perception

III. Three Theories of Social Perception

IV. Fear, Response to People, and Gender—How the Construct of Self Explains These Phenomena

V. Concluding Comments

References

Part B: The Discrimination of Speech and Sound

Chapter 5: Electrophysiological Correlates of Human Auditory Development

I. Introduction

II. Statement of the Problem

III. Developmental Anatomy of the Auditory Pathway

IV. Electrophysiological Development of the Auditory Pathway

V. Experiments: Brainstem Evoked Potentials

References

Chapter 6: Speech Perception in Early Infancy

I. Introduction

II. Infant Studies

III. Theoretical Consideration

IV. Perception of Suprasegmental Units

V. Significance of Early Speech Perception

References

Author Index

Subject Index