Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Dedication
Exploratory Behavior in the Development of Perceiving, Acting, and the Acquiring of Knowledge, Eleanor J. Gibson
Infant Causal Perception, Lisa M. Oakes and Laslie B. Cohen
Neurobehavioral Consequences of Gestational Cocaine Exposure: A Comparative Analysis, Linda Patia Spear
Visual Perception and Memory at Birth, Alan Slater
Shifts of Visual Attention in the Human Infant: A Neuroscience Approach, Bruce MacFarlane Hood
Learning to Perceive the Sound Pattern of English, Catherine T. Best
A Model of Physical Reasoning in Infancy, Renée Baillargeon
Author Index
Subject Index
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About the Author

CAROLYN ROVEE-COLLIER is Professor II of Psyhchology at Rutgers University. She is recognized as having founded the field of infant long-term memory and is currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health for research on infant learning and memory. She has authored more than 180 publications.

LEWIS P. LIPSITT is professor emeritus of psychology, medical science, and human development at Brown University, where he continues as research professor of psychology.

HARLENE HAYNE is professor at the department on psychology, University of Otago, New Zealaned. Her focus in on the development of learning and memory in infants and young children.